A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum; esp., one of the partitionlike folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
Sickle-shaped extension of the anterior portion of the jaw, usually forming a hook or fang.
Latin = sickle, hence, the sickle-shaped falx cerebri and falx cerebelli, adjective - falciform.
An extension of dura between the right and left hemispheres of the brain.
A two-handed cutting weapon used by the Dacians. Similar to the rhompia used by he Thracians, with a curved blade and long haft.
sickle shaped, usually seen as falx cerebri, referring to an extension of dura mater which divides the left and right sides of the brain.