tentorium cerebelli

Structure

• a prominent fold in dura mater, roofing the posterior cranial fossa, separating the cerebellum from the basal surface of the occipital lobe & temporal lobeof the cerebral cortex
• the tentorial notch is its anterior median opening through which the midbrain passes.
• it is attached along the midline to the falx cerebri

More general terms

• brain structure

Additional terms

• falx cerebri

Component of

• dura mater (pachymeninges)