Definition of Tectorial

1. a. Of or pertaining to covering; -- applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear.

Definition of Tectorial

1. Adjective. serving to cover something ¹

2. Adjective. of or pertaining to the tectorium ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tectorial

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Tectorial

1. Of or pertaining to covering; applied to a membrane immediately over the organ of Corti in the internal ear. Origin: L. Tectorius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tectorial

tectonic-uplift
tectonic keratoplasty
tectonic movement
tectonic plate
tectonic plates
tectonic uplift
tectonic uplifts
tectonically
tectonics
tectonism
tectonisms
tectonophysics
tectonostratigraphic
tectonostratigraphy
tectopontine tract
tectorial (current term)
tectorial membrane
tectorial membrane of cochlear duct
tectorium
tectosilicate
tectosilicates
tectosphere
tectospinal
tectospinal decussation
tectospinal tract
tectrices
tectrix
tectum
tectum mesencephali
tectums

Literary usage of Tectorial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to Neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1922)
"The development of the tectorial membrane has been restudied by Prentiss and Hardesty ... Van der Stricht confirms Prentiss' observation that the tectorial ..."

2. An Introduction to neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1918)
"The development of the tectorial membrane has been restudied by Prentiss and Hardesty ... Van der Stricht confirms Prentiss' observation that the tectorial ..."

3. An Introduction to Neurology by Charles Judson Herrick (1918)
"The development of the tectorial membrane has been restudied by Prentiss and Hardesty ... Van der Stricht confirms Prentiss' observation that the tectorial ..."

4. A Textbook of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The organ of Corti is overhung by a peculiar structure projecting from the vestibular lip of the spiral lamina, and known as the tectorial membrane, ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"The organ of Corti is overhung by a peculiar structure projecting from the vestibular lip of the spiral lamina, and known as the tectorial membrane, ..."

6. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1900)
"The organ of Corti is overhung by a peculiar structure projecting from the vestibular lip of the spiral lamina, and known as the tectorial membrane, ..."

7. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"... outer hair cells occupy a series of apertures in a net-like membrane, the reticular membrane, and the entire organ is covered by the tectorial membrane. ..."

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