Falx cerebelli

Falx cerebelli
Falx cerebelli seen in back portion of skull.
Occipital bone. Inner surface. (Portions "for faulx cerebelli" identified at center left.)
Details
Part ofMeninges
Identifiers
Latinfalx cerebelli
NeuroNames1238
TA98A14.1.01.106
TA25377
FMA83974
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The falx cerebelli is a small sickle-shaped fold of dura mater projecting forwards into the posterior cerebellar notch as well as projecting into the vallecula of the cerebellum between the two cerebellar hemispheres.[1]

The name comes from two Latin words: falx, meaning "curved blade or scythe", and cerebellum, meaning "little brain".[2]

  1. ^ Atlas and textbook of human anatomy. Atlas der deskriptiven Anatomie des Menschen.English. Saunders. 1909.
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995). New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508345-3. Retrieved 12 March 2013.