FALX

(Lat.), n. f. Fa2lx(fa3lx). Gen., falc'is. Fr., /. Ger., Sichel. Lit., a sickle or scythe; any structure of that shape. F. cerebelli. Fr., /. du cervelet. Ger., Kleinhirnsichel. A vertical partition formed by the duplication of the inner layer of the dura which pa es down between the hemispheres of the cerebellum. It is continuous with the middle of the posterior border of the tentorium, and is attached to the internal occipital crest of the occipital bone, as far as the foramen magnum, where it divides into two folds. [L, 142.] F. cerebri. Fr.,f.ducerveau. Ger., Gro hirnsichel. The falciform proce of the dura which separates the hemispheres of the cerebrum. It is attached anteriorly to the crista gall i. posteriorly to the surface of the tentorium. At its upper margin it divides so as to form part of the wall of the superior longitudinal sinus, and at its free border it divides to inclose the inferior longitudinal sinus. [I, 6 (K).] F. du cerveau (Fr.). See F. cerebri. F. du cervelet (Fr.). See TENTORIUM cerebelli and F. cerebelli. F. magna (cerebri), F. major. See F. cerebri. F. me or i a. See F. cerebri. F. minor. See F. cerebelli. F. parva. See F. cerebelli. F. per it on sei maxima. Fr., grande faux du peritoine (ou de la veine ombilicale). The broad, falciform, or suspensory ligaments of the liver, [a, 29.] F. transversal is. See TENTORIUM cerebelli. Great longitudinal f., Large f. See F. cerebri. Le er f. of the peritonaeum. Fr., petites faux du peritoine. The lateral ligaments of the liver and the peritoneal folds covering the umbilical arteries. [A, 301.] Le er longitudinal f. See F. cerebelli. [s. 800]