| dentatum | Synonym: dentate nucleus of cerebellum. Origin: L. Neut. Of dentatus, toothed (05 Mar 2000) |
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| corpus dentatum | The most lateral and largest of the cerebellar nuclei; it receives the axons of the Purkinje cells of the neocerebellum (lateral areas of cerebellar cortex); together with the more medially located globosus and emboliform nuclei it is the major source of fibres composing the massive superior cerebellar peduncle or brachium conjunctivum. Synonym: nucleus dentatus cerebelli, corpus dentatum, dentatum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Oesophagostomum dentatum | A species that affects the colon of swine; the lesions are similar to those in sheep. (05 Mar 2000) |