The meningeal layer of the dura mater, attaching anteriorly and posteriorly to the anterior and posterior clinoids and forming a roof for the pituitary gland, is the falx cerebri.

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The structure described is the diaphragma sellae, not the falx cerebri. The falx cerebri is a sickle-shaped fold of dura mater that descends vertically in the longitudinal fissure between the two cerebral hemispheres.

The Meningeal Layer of the Dura Mater, Attaching Anteriorly and Posteriorly