DENTATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dentate mean? 

• DENTATE (adjective)
  The adjective DENTATE has 1 sense:

1. having toothlike projections in the margin

  Familiarity information: DENTATE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENTATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having toothlike projections in the margin

Similar:

rough (of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped)

 Context examples 

A shallow groove dividing the dentate gyrus from the hippocampal CA1 field and the subiculum.

(Hippocampal Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)

A hemorrhoid which originates above the dentate line.

(Internal Hemorrhoid, NCI Thesaurus)

This area is small, contains pyramidal cells, and does not contain mossy fiber connections from the dentate gyrus.

(CA2 Field of the Cornu Ammonis, NCI Thesaurus)

A hemorrhoid which originates below the dentate line.

(External Hemorrhoid, NCI Thesaurus)

This area contains mostly mossy cells that receive inputs from the dentate gyrus and pyramidal cells in the CA3 region and also projects back to the dentate gyrus.

(CA4 Field of the Cornu Ammonis, NCI Thesaurus)

A shallow groove between the dentate gyrus and the parahippocampal gyrus; the remains of a fissure extending deep into the hippocampus between Ammon's horn and the dentate gyrus which becomes obliterated during foetal development.

(Hippocampal Fissure, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathway of fibers originating in the lateral part of the entorhinal area, perforating the subiculum of the hippocampus, and running into the stratum moleculare of the hippocampus, where these fibers synapse with others that go to the dentate gyrus.

(Perforant Pathway, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The third of four regions in the cornu ammonis of the hippocampus which receives inputs from mossy fibers originating from the granule cells in the dentate gyrus and from inputs along the perforant path originating in layers II and III within the entorhinal cortex.

(CA3 Field of the Cornu Ammonis, NCI Thesaurus)

The last of four regions in the cornu ammonis of the hippocampus and is also part of the hilus of the dentate gyrus.

(CA4 Field of the Cornu Ammonis, NCI Thesaurus)