Classically, destruction of the major portion of the cerebellar hemispheres in humans is associated with pendular deep-tendon reflexes. The reflexes are poorly checked so that when testing the patellar reflex, for example, the leg may swing to-and-fro (like a pendulum).
Medical Definition of splanchnopleure. : a layer of tissue that consists of the inner of the two layers into which the unsegmented sheet of mesoderm splits in the embryo of a craniate vertebrate together with the endoderm internal to it and that forms most of the walls and substance of the visceral organsâcompare somatopleure.
refers to any planar arrangement of mineral grains or crystals within a rock. Foliated texture. rock, slaty, cleavage, schistosity, gnessic, banding. Slate. parent rock: shale/mudstone/silstone. foliated. fine grained. composed of chlorite/mica. Phyllite. foliated. fine grained/ glossy sheen & wavy surface. composed of muscovite/chlorite.