Dura Mater
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Tentorium cerebelli
An extension of the dura mater that *separates the cerebellum from the inferior portion of the occipital lobes*
Dural sinus (superior sagittal sinus)
Carries blood and CSF from the brain toward the heart
Falx cerebri
Crescent-shaped fold of meningeal layer of dura mater that descends vertically in the longitudinal fissure between the *cerebral hemispheres* of the human brain
Meningeal layer
Deeper of the two layers; the actual dura mater
Periosteal layer
Outermost layer that serves as the *skull's inner periosteum* (called the endocranium)
Falx cerebelli
Sickle-shaped fold of dura mater that *separates the cerebellum into two hemispheres*