Definitions for tentorium

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tentorium ten·to·ri·um

Spelling: [ten-tawr-ee-uh m, -tohr-]

IPA: /tɛnˈtɔr i əm, -ˈtoʊr-/

Tentorium is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 401 anagrams from letters in tentorium (eimnorttu).

Definitions for tentorium

noun

1. Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
2. Zoology. (of an insect) the internal skeleton of the head.

Origin of tentorium

1655-65; New Latin tentōrium, Latin: tent, equivalent to ten(dere) to extend, stretch + -tōrium -tory²

Examples for tentorium

tentorium: a chitinous frame-work within the head, upon which the brain rests.

The Cerebrum or Great Brain lies above the plane of the tentorium, and forms much the largest division of the encephalon.

After locating the occipital knob, a horizontal line forward will give us the portion of the tentorium.