HyperDic: tentorium

English > 1 sense of the word tentorium:
NOUNbodytentorium(anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum
English > tentorium: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning(anatomy) a fold of dura mater that covers the cerebellum and supports the occipital lobes of the cerebrum.
Categoryanatomy, general anatomyThe branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
Broaderfold, plicaA folded part (as in skin or muscle)
Substancesdura mater, duraThe outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges
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