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falx cerebelli

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Main Entry: falx ce·re·bel·li
Pronunciation: -"ser-&-'bel-"I
Function: noun
: the smaller of the two folds of dura mater separatingthe hemispheres of the brain that lies between the lateral lobes of the cerebellum
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falx cerebelli falx cer·e·bel·li (sěr'ə-běl'ī)
n.
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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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