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falx

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falx [falks]
(anatomy)
A sickle-shaped structure.


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If intracranial extension is present, it classically occurs through the foramen cecum or cribiform plate and attaches extradurally to the falx cerebri.
Traumatic aneurysms (approximately 1% of intracranial aneurysms) are often distal and most often result from penetrating trauma, adjacent fractures, or impact of the vessel with the falx cerebri or tentorium cerebelli (Figure 3).
The posterior wall of the canal is made up of the transversalis fascia, which is strengthened medially by the falx inguinalis or edge of rectus and more laterally by the aponeurotic extensions from the transversus abdominis arch that make the posterior wall strong.
 
 
 
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