Definition of "gubernaculum" [gubernaculum]

• Either of a pair of folds of peritoneum that attach to the caudal end of the gonads (testes in males and ovaries in females). (noun)

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• "Although at one time the whole of the growing tooth is contained in the cavity of the alveolus, the latter never completely encloses it, since there is always an aperture over the top of the crown filled by soft tissue, by which the dental sac is connected with the surface of the gum, and which in the permanent teeth is called the gubernaculum dentis."
• "To put it somewhat differently, Bracton made a basic distinction between government (gubernaculum) and law (jurisdictio), and held that the king's absolute au - thority extended only to the former."
• "Dr. Sharpey (Quain's Anatomy, 5th edition) observes, that "the office of the gubernaculum is yet imperfectly understood.""