different between exoskeleton vs tentorium

English

Etymology

From exo- +? skeleton.

Noun

exoskeleton (plural exoskeletons)

1. (anatomy) A hard outer structure that provides both structure and protection to creatures such as insects and Crustacea.

Derived terms

• exoskeletal

Translations

See also

• endoskeleton

English

Etymology

Early 19th century: from Latin tentorium, literally ‘tent’.

Noun

tentorium (plural tentoria or tentoriums)

1. The framework of internal supports (a false endoskeleton) within an arthropod head, formed by ingrowths of the exoskeleton called apophyses.
2. (anatomy) The tentorium cerebelli, an extension of the dura mater that separates the cerebellum from the inferior portion of the occipital lobes.

Derived terms

• tentorial

Latin

Noun

tent?rium n (genitive tent?ri? or tent?r?); second declension

1. tent

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• tentorium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tentorium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tentorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tentorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• tentorium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers