tapetum
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(tă-pēt′ŭm)

[L. tapetum, coverlet, carpet]
A layer of fibers from the corpus callosum forming the roof and lateral walls of the inferior and posterior horns of the lateral ventricles of the brain. This layer separates the optic radiation from the ventricle and passes to the temporal and occipital lobes.
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(tă-pēt′ŭm)

[L. tapetum, coverlet, carpet]
A layer of fibers from the corpus callosum forming the roof and lateral walls of the inferior and posterior horns of the lateral ventricles of the brain. This layer separates the optic radiation from the ventricle and passes to the temporal and occipital lobes.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Tapetum." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735586/all/tapetum_choroideae.
Tapetum. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735586/all/tapetum_choroideae. Accessed March 30, 2023.
Tapetum. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735586/all/tapetum_choroideae
Tapetum [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 30]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/735586/all/tapetum_choroideae.
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