Velum may refer to:

Human anatomy

* Superior medullary velum, anterior medullary velum or valve of Vieussens, white matter, in the brain, which stretches between the superior cerebellar peduncles ** Frenulum of superior medullary velum, a slightly raised white band passing to the superior medullary velum *

Inferior medullary velum The inferior medullary velum (posterior medullary velum) is a thin layer of white substance, prolonged from the white center of the cerebellum, above and on either side of the nodule; it forms the infero-posterior part of the fourth ventricle. So ...

or posterior medullary velum, a thin layer of white substance, prolonged from the white center of the cerebellum * Velum interpositum or choroid plexus, a structure in the brain where cerebrospinal fluid is produced **

Cavum veli interpositi In the brain, the cavum veli interpositi (CVI) is a condition in which the cistern of the velum interpositum becomes dilated. The phenomenon usually occurs in newborns. Axial MR/CT show a triangular-shaped cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space between t ...

, a condition in which the cistern of the velum interpositum becomes dilated * Palatal velum or soft palate, the soft tissue constituting the back of the roof of the mouth **

Levator velum palatini muscle The levator veli palatini () is the elevator muscle of the soft palate in the human body. It is supplied via the pharyngeal plexus. During swallowing, it contracts, elevating the soft palate to help prevent food from entering the nasopharynx. ...

or levator veli palatini, the elevator muscle of the soft palate

Nature

* Velum (botany), a morphological feature of quillworts or ''Isoëtes'' *

Cumulonimbus velum Cumulonimbus velum (Cb vel) (from the Latin ''cumulonimbus'', "column-rain" + ''velum'', "veil") is a cumulonimbus cloud Cumulonimbus (from Latin ''cumulus'', "heaped" and ''nimbus'', "rainstorm") is a dense, towering vertical cloud, typically ...

, a cloud type * ''

Solemya velum ''Solemya velum'', the Atlantic awning clam, is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Solemyidae, the awning clams. This species is found along the eastern coast of North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida Florida is a stat ...

'', or Atlantic awning clam *

Agrotis velum ''Lycophotia molothina'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout southwest- and central Europe. It is found wherever its food plants grow. It is traditionally thought of as a species of heathland. This species shows a win ...

or lycophotia molothina, a moth * Velum or

veil (mycology) A veil or velum, in mycology, is one of several structures in fungi, especially the thin membrane that covers the cap and stalk of an immature mushroom.veliger A veliger is the planktonic larva of many kinds of sea snails and freshwater snails, as well as most bivalve molluscs (clams) and tusk shells. Description The veliger is the characteristic larva of the gastropod, bivalve and scaphopod ...

stage of bivalves

Architecture

Velarium A ("curtain") was a type of awning used in Roman times. It stretched over the whole of the , the seating area in amphitheaters to protect spectators from the sun. Precisely how the awning was supported is a matter of conjecture.Suetonius, '' L ...

, also known as velum, a textile overhang used in Roman times

Human anatomy

Nature

Architecture

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