NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListCureusv.10(7);2018JulPMC6168052Cureus.2018Jul;10(7):e3079.Publishedonline2018Jul31.doi: 10.7759/cureus.3079PMCID:PMC6168052PMID:30305987TheTentoriumCerebelli:AComprehensiveReviewIncludingItsAnatomy,Embryology,andSurgicalTechniquesMonitoringEditor:AlexanderMuacevicandJohnRAdlerRabjotRai,1JoeIwanaga,2GaffarShokouhi,3RodJOskouian,4andR.ShaneTubbs5RabjotRai1Anatomy,St.George'sUniversitySchoolofMedicine,St.George's,GRDFindarticlesbyRabjotRaiJoeIwanaga2MedicalEducationandSimulation,SeattleScienceFoundation,Seattle,USAFindarticlesbyJoeIwanagaGaffarShokouhi3NeurosciencesResearchCenter,Tabriz,IRNFindarticlesbyGaffarShokouhiRodJOskouian4Neurosurgery,SwedishNeuroscienceInstitute,Seattle,USAFindarticlesbyRodJOskouianR.ShaneTubbs5Neurosurgery,SeattleScienceFoundation,Seattle,USAFindarticlesbyR.ShaneTubbsAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1Anatomy,St.George'sUniversitySchoolofMedicine,St.George's,GRD2MedicalEducationandSimulation,SeattleScienceFoundation,Seattle,USA3NeurosciencesResearchCenter,Tabriz,IRN4Neurosurgery,SwedishNeuroscienceInstitute,Seattle,USA5Neurosurgery,SeattleScienceFoundation,Seattle,USACorrespondingauthor.JoeIwanagagro.noitadnuofecneicselttaes@ieojReceived2018Jul20;Accepted2018Jul31.Copyright©2018,Raietal.ThisisanopenaccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalauthorandsourcearecredited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Thetentoriumcerebellifunctionsasapartition,dispellingtheburdenofweightfromsupratentorialstructuresuponinferiorbrainmatter.Cliniciansandneurosurgeons,whenassessingpathologicalfindings,shouldhaveknowledgeregardingthetentoriumcerebellianatomy.Thisworkofliteratureisacomprehensivereviewofthetentoriumcerebelli,including itsanatomy,embryology,