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tentorium

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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.

ten·to·ri·um (tn-tôr-m)
n. pl. ten·to·ri·a (-tôr-)
A membranous cover or horizontal partition.

tentorium
[tentôr′ē·əm] pl. tentoria
Etymology: L, tent
any part of the body that resembles a tent, such as the tentorium of the hypophysis that covers the hypophyseal fossa.

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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