Cingulum (Catholicism)

Cingulum, from the Latin for belt or girdle, may refer to: *

Cingulum (brain) In neuroanatomy, the cingulum or cingulum bundle is an association tract, a nerve tract that projects from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system. It forms the ...

, white matter fibers found in the brain *

Cingulum (tooth) In dentistry, cingulum (Latin: girdle) is an anatomical feature of the tooth and referred to as the small raised area of an anterior tooth, including central incisors, lateral incisors and canines). It makes up the bulk of the tooth near the gum li ...

, a shelf at the margin of a tooth * A type of groove encircling the

theca In biology, a theca (: thecae) is a sheath or a covering. Botany In botany, the theca is related to plant's flower anatomy. The theca of an angiosperm consists of a pair of microsporangia that are adjacent to each other and share a common ar ...

of dinoflagellates *

Cingulum (Catholicism) Cingulum, from the Latin for belt or girdle, may refer to: * Cingulum (brain), white matter fibers found in the brain * Cingulum (tooth), a shelf at the margin of a tooth * A type of groove encircling the theca of dinoflagellates * Cingulum (Catho ...

, a rope belt used by monastic order such as the

Order of Saint John (Bailiwick of Brandenburg) The Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Chivalric Order of Saint John of the Hospital at Jerusalem (), commonly known as the Order of Saint John or the Johanniter Order (German: ''Johanniterorden''), is the Germans, German Protestantism, Protestant b ...

* Cingulum (Wicca), a ritual cord used in British traditional Wicca *

Cingulum militare A ''cingulum militare'' was a piece of ancient Roman military equipment in the form of a belt decorated with metal fittings, which was worn as a badge of military status by soldiers and officials. Many examples were made in the Roman province of P ...

, Ancient Roman belts decorated with metal fittings worn as a badge of rank by soldiers and officials * Ancient Roman town on the site of what is now the Italian town of

Cingoli Cingoli is a town and ''comune'' of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about by road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of I ...

. *

Shoulder girdle The shoulder girdle or pectoral girdle is the set of bones in the appendicular skeleton which connects to the arm on each side. In humans, it consists of the clavicle and scapula; in those species with three bones in the shoulder, it consists o ...

or pectoral girdle {{Disambiguation