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Definition of Tentorium

Tentorium
Tentorium 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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- The cerebellar tentorium or tentorium cerebelli (Latin for "tent of the cerebellum") is one of four dural folds that separate the cranial cavity into four...
- The tentorium (plural tentoria) is a term used to refer to the framework of internal supports within an arthropod head. The tentorium is formed by ingrowths...
- The brain can shift across such structures as the falx cerebri, the tentorium cerebelli, and even through the foramen magnum (the hole in the base of...
- of the brain is the area located above the tentorium cerebelli. The area of the brain below the tentorium cerebelli is the infratentorial region. The...
- regions such as the longitudinal fissure between the hemispheres, and the tentorium cerebelli between the posterior brain and the cerebellum the dura separates...
- brain. It is attached to the crista galli anteriorly, and blends with the tentorium cerebelli posteriorly. The falx cerebri is often subject to age-related...
- herniation through it, i.e. supratentorial, infratentorial herniation. The tentorium cerebelli divides the cranial cavity into two closed spaces which communicate...
- also occur in the posterior cranial fossa, and near the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli. Unlike epidural hematomas, which cannot expand past the sutures...
- of the brain is the area located below the tentorium cerebelli. The area of the brain above the tentorium cerebelli is the supratentorial region. The...
- Trochus tentorium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. It differs from Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 in being...