velum

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There are about 40 tentacles, the velum at the base of which extends upwards for a considerable distance without being festooned.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

Under ordinary circumstances the horse breathes entirely by the nasal passages, the communication between the larynx and the mouth being closed by the velum palati.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

It bears the botanical name of Atropa, being so called from one of the classic Fates,—she who held the shears to cut the thread of human life:— "Clotho velum retinet, Lachesis net, et atropos occit."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Its upper surface is partly seen in the floor of the body of the lateral ventricle, but is for the most part covered by the fornix and velum interpositum.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The velum interpositum was very firm; the plexus choroides uncommonly thick, but pale; the opening from the right to the left ventricle large.

From Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart by Warren, John Collins