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What is a tectum?

What is a tectum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The dorsal portion of the midbrain, containing the superior colliculus and inferior colliculus
  2. The interconnected outer surface of a spore.
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Medially, the tectum nasi persists, overlaid by the nasal bone laterally.
Midbrain, also called mesencephalon, region of the developing vertebrate brain that is composed of the tectum and tegmentum.
Infrared and visual organization of the tectum of boid snakes.
At this time, expression within the eyes and tectum becomes restricted to cells within the proliferative germinal zones.
Fiber connections of the torus longitudinalis and optic tectum in holocentrid teleosts.
Brains were removed and dissected into telencephalon, hypothalamus, optic tectum, and brain stem.

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