Tentorium

[ten'tɔ:riәm]

Definition

(noun.) (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum.

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Definition

(n.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.

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Definition

n. a sheet of the dura mater stretched between the cerebrum and the cerebellum.—adj. Tentō′rial.

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