Falx cerebelli
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| Brain: Falx cerebelli | ||
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| Occipital bone. Inner surface. (Portion "for falx cerebelli" identified at center left.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #193 874 | |
| NeuroNames | ancil-259 | |
The falx cerebelli is a small triangular process of dura mater, received into the posterior cerebellar notch.
Its base is attached, above, to the under and back part of the tentorium; its posterior margin, to the lower division of the vertical crest on the inner surface of the occipital bone.
As it descends, it sometimes divides into two smaller folds, which are lost on the sides of the foramen magnum.
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Dura mater - Falx cerebri - Tentorium cerebelli - Falx cerebelli - Arachnoid mater - Subarachnoid space - Cistern - Cisterna magna - Median aperture - Cerebrospinal fluid - Arachnoid granulation - Pia mater
