Flocculus (cerebellar)

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Brain: Flocculus
Schematic representation of the major anatomical subdivisions of the cerebellum. Superior view of an "unrolled" cerebellum, placing the vermis in one plane.
Under surface of the cerebellum. ("Flocculus" labeled at upper right.)
Gray's	subject #187 791
Part of	Cerebellum
System	Vestibular
Artery	PICA
NeuroNames	hier-677
Dorlands/Elsevier	f_09/12368554

The flocculus is a small lobe of the cerebellum at the posterior border of the middle cerebellar peduncle anterior to the biventer lobule.

It is associated with the nodulus of the vermis; together, these two structures compose the vestibular part of the cerebellum.

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