Fastigial nucleus
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| Brain: Fastigial nucleus | ||
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| Sagittal section through right cerebellar hemisphere. The right olive has also been cut sagitally. (Fastigial nucleus visible but not labeled.) | ||
| Latin | nucleus fastigii | |
| Gray's | subject #187 796 | |
| Part of | cerebellum | |
| NeuroNames | hier-687 | |
The nucleus fastigii is smaller than the nucleus dentatus, but somewhat larger than the other two independent centers of gray substance in the cerebellum, and is situated close to the middle line at the anterior end of the superior vermis, and immediately over the roof of the fourth ventricle, from which it is separated by a thin layer of white substance.
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