tentorium in English

noun
1
a fold of the dura mater forming a partition between the cerebrum and cerebellum.
The straight sinus, located at the site of attachment of the falx cerebri to the tentorium cerebelli, has been opened.
2
an internal skeletal framework in the head of an insect.
More posterior head skeletal structures and the tentorium do not develop in these embryos.

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1. The tentorium forms during development when pairs of Apophyses (finger-like invaginations of exoskeleton) fuse internally to create a "bridge"