See Also: dentate nucleus of cerebellum(medicine)
hilum of dentate nucleus(medicine)
dentate(medicine)
dentate(2)(dictionary)
dentate line(medicine)
dentate fracture(medicine)
dentate fissure(medicine)
dentate fascia(medicine)
angulo-dentate(medicine)
dentate suture(medicine)

lophodont (iou) and dentate nucleus of cerebellum (medicine)


lophodont (iou)



lophodont adjective & noun. L19.
[from LOPHO- + -ODONT.]
Zoology.
A. adjective. (Of a molar tooth) having (esp. transverse) ridges between the cusps; (of a dentition) characterized by such molar teeth. L19.
b. noun. A herbivore with a lophodont dentition. L19.

dentate nucleus of cerebellum (medicine)


dentate nucleus of cerebellum


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.