TENTORIUM

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 27

(Lat.), n. n. Te2nt-or'i2-u3m(u4m). From tendere. to stretch out. Fr., plancher du cerveau. Lit., a tent; see T. cerebelli. T. cerebelli. Fr., repli transverse dufalxdu cervelet. Ger., Querfortsatz der harten Hirnhaut. A fold of dura which separates the cerebrum and cerebellum, supporting the occipital lobes. [K.] [s. 603]