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.
Definition of spline. 1 : a thin wood or metal strip used in building construction. 2 : a key that is fixed to one of two connected mechanical parts and fits into a keyway in the other; also : a keyway for such a key.