falx cerebelli

falx cerebelli definition - medical

falx cer·e·bel·li (sĕrˌə-bĕlˈī)

noun
A short process of dura mater projecting from the internal occipital crest below the tentorium, and bifurcating into two diverging limbs passing to either side of the foramen magnum. Also called falcula.

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