tapetum (Crossword)
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- Clue: Membranous layer
Answer: tapetum
Definitions of “tapetum”
If the answer you seek is not in the answers above these definitions may help solving your crossword puzzle.• Tapetum (Latin for carpet or tapestry) can refer to
• The reflective layer in the upper half of the back of the eye
• An area in the pigmented layer of the choroid coat of the eye in many animals
• (botany) The tapetum is a layer of nutritive cells found within the sporangium
• Layer of cells in the sporangium of a vascular plant that nourishes the developing spores
• Layer of reflective tissue just behind the pigmented retinal epithelium of many vertebrate eyes
• The tapetum is the irregular sector in certain animal's eyes which shines owing to an absence of black pigment
• Neuroanatomy a thin sheet of fibers in the lateral wall of the temporal and occipital horns of the lateral ventricle
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