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.
(splÄ­nt) n. 1. A thin piece split off from a larger piece; a splinter. 2. a. A rigid device used to prevent motion of a joint or of the ends of a fractured bone. b. A dental appliance put on the teeth to protect them from grinding or from moving out of place.