falx

American  

[falks, fawlks] / fælks, fɔlks /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

falces

1. a structure shaped like a sickle, as a fold of dura mater separating the cerebral hemispheres.

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Other Word Forms

• falcial adjective

Etymology

Origin of falx

1700–10; < New Latin, Latin: sickle

Example Sentences

By splitting the falx, the two halves could communicate together and equalize the pressure between her hemispheres.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2015

Between the two halves of the brain is an area called the falx.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2015

It is located midsagittally between the meningeal and periosteal layers of the dura mater within the falx cerebri and, at first glance in images or models, can be mistaken for the subarachnoid space.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The skull is rather flattened upon the upper surface: its cavity is capacious, and there is a boney process projecting from the cranium, in place of the falx or dura mater.

From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by Collins, David

It is divided into two hemispheres by the falx cerebri, a partition which follows the middle line of the skull.

From How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by Windsor, William