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Tentorium

Tentorium Meaning & Definition
Tentorium Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tentorium?

[n] (anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum

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See Also | dura | dura mater | fold | plica

Tentorium In Webster's Dictionary

\Ten*to"ri*um\, n. [L., a tent.] (Anat.) 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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