| tenthmetre | <physics> A unit for the measurement of many small lengths, such that 10^10 of these units make one meter; the ten millionth part of a millimetre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| tenthredinides | <zoology> A group of Hymneoptera comprising the sawflies. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A kind of wasp. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentorial | Relating to a tentorium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tentorial angle | The angle made by the plane of the tentorium and the basicranial axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tentorial nerve | <anatomy, nerve> The tentorial branch, a branch arising in a recurrent fashion from the intracranial portion of the ophthalmic nerve supplying the tentorium and supratentorial falx cerebri. Synonym: ramus tentorii, nervus tentorii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tentorial notch | The triangular opening in the tentorium cerebelli through which the brainstem extends from the posterior into the middle cranial fossa. Synonym: incisura tentorii, notch of tentorium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tentorial sinus | straight sinus |
| tentorial surface | Those areas of the occipital lobe (inferior aspect) and the cerebellum (superior aspect) that are apposed to the superior and inferior surfaces, respectively, of the tentorium cerebelli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tentorium | <anatomy> 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. Origin: L, a tent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tentorium of hypophysis | A fold of dura mater extending transversely across the sella turcica and roofing over the hypophyseal fossa; it is perforated in its centre for the passage of the infundibulum. Synonym: diaphragma sellae, diaphragm sellae, tentorium of hypophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tentwort | <botany> A kind of small fern, the wall rue. See Wall. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |