TENTORIUM Definition & Meaning

tentorium

[ ten-tawr-ee-uhm, -tohr- ]

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noun

plural tentoria

Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
Zoology. (of an insect) the internal skeleton of the head.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tentorium¹

1655–65; < New Latin �ٱ�Գ�ō��ܳ�, Latin: tent, equivalent to ten ( dere ) to extend, stretch + -��ō��ܳ� -tory ²

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The Cerebellum, Little Brain, or After Brain occupies the inferior pair of occipital fossae, and lies below the plane of the tentorium cerebelli.

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After locating the occipital knob, a horizontal line forward will give us the portion of the tentorium.

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On introducing the finger, about 1� square inches of the occipital lobe were found to be pulped, and the finger could be swept across the tentorium.

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Imagine," he cries, "a solid tentorium or canopy over London, what a mass of smoke would then stick to it!

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The line 'b' indicates the plane of the tentorium, which separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum; 'd', the axis of the occipital outlet of the skull.

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