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tentorium cerebelli
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tentorium /ten·to·ri·um/ (ten-tor´e-um) pl. tento´ria   [L.] an anatomical part resembling a tent or covering.tento´rial
tentorium cerebel´li , tentorium of cerebellum the process of the dura mater supporting the occipital lobes and covering the cerebellum.

tentorium cer·e·bel·li (sr-bl)
n.
A fold of dura mater forming a roof over the posterior cranial fossa, except for an anterior median opening through which the mesencephalon passes, and separating the cerebellum from the basal surface of the occipital and temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex.

tentorium cerebelli,
tentorium [ten-tor´e-um] (L.)
an anatomical part resembling a tent or covering. adj., adj tento´rial.
tentorium cerebel´li the process of the dura mater supporting the occipital lobes and covering the cerebellum.

tentorium
pl. tentoria [L.] a part resembling a tent or covering.

tentorium cerebelli
the sheet of dura mater separating the cerebrum from the cerebellum.


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