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.
Consumptive Use of Surface and Ground Water. Consumptive water use causes diminishment of the source at the point of appropriation. Definition: Diminishment is defined as to make smaller or less in quantity, quality, rate of. flow, or availability. By-pass reach defined. A water use may be consumptive to a specific reach of a stream.