velum

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The inferior medullary velum, a reflection of the pia mater and epithelium from the back of the medulla to the inferior vermis, closes it in below.

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

The velum interpositum is an expanded fold of pia mater, which passes into the anterior of the hemispheres through the great transverse fissure.

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

In boisterous weather, as we learn from Martial and other authors, these difficulties were so great that the velum could not be spread.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

The medusoids have no true velum; in some cases a structure more or less resembling this organ, termed a velarium, is present, permeated by endodermal canals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various