Tapetum
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Tapetum can refer to:
- Tapetum (botany)Tapetum (botany)The tapetum is a layer of cells that is found within the pollen sac, a nutritive tissue within the sporangium, particularly within the anther. Tapetum is important for the development of pollen grains. The cells are usually bigger and normally have 2 nuclei per cell...
- Tapetum lucidumTapetum lucidumThe tapetum lucidum is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals....
- Tapetum of corpus callosumTapetum of corpus callosumOn either side of the corpus callosum, the fibers radiate in the white substance and pass to the various parts of the cerebral cortex; those curving forward from the genu into the frontal lobe constitute the forceps anterior, and those curving backward into the occipital lobe, the forceps posterior...