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🧠 A body fold ⚔️ A curved blade
falx

falx

1 9.9
A curved fold of tissue in the brain
  • noun
  • /fælks/
  • Specialized
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  • The falx is an important structure in the brain that helps with its support.

Examples

  • The falx cerebri divides the two hemispheres of the brain.

  • During the surgery, the doctor carefully examined the falx to avoid damaging it.

  • At autopsy, the dura of the anterior falx cerebri was indurated and thickened (as much as 0.5 cm).

    Academic text (2006)

Surface Forms

falx singular
falces plural

Etymology

Falx in anatomy comes from the Latin falx meaning 'sickle'. It names a sickle-shaped fold in the brain, so the old word explains the curved shape we see today.