Flocculonodular lobe

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Brain: Flocculonodular lobe
Schematic representation of the major anatomical subdivisions of the cerebellum. Superior view of an "unrolled" cerebellum, placing the vermis in one plane.
Basal view of a human brain
Gray's	subject #187 791
NeuroNames	hier-676

The flocculonodular lobe is a lobe of the cerebellum consisting of the nodule and the flocculus.

It is closely associated with the vestibulocerebellum.^[1]

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v • d • e Brain: Metencephalon/rhombencephalon - cerebellum (hindbrain) Regions Posterior lobe (Horizontal fissure) • Anterior lobe • Flocculonodular lobe (Flocculus, Nodule) Vermis: posterior (Folium, Tuber, Uvula) - anterior (Central lobule, Culmen, Lingula) Hemisphere: posterior (Biventer lobule, Cerebellar tonsil) - anterior (Alar central lobule) white: Arbor vitae Vallecula of cerebellum - Primary fissure Layers Molecular layer (Stellate cell, Basket cell) Purkinje cell layer (Purkinje cell) Granule cell layer (Golgi cell, Granule cell) Fibers: Mossy fibers • Climbing fiber • Parallel fiber Deep cerebellar nuclei Dentate - interposed (Emboliform, Globose) - Fastigial Peduncles Inferior (medulla): Dorsal spinocerebellar tract - Olivocerebellar tract - Cuneocerebellar tract - Juxtarestiform body (Vestibulocerebellar tract) Middle (pons): Pontocerebellar fibers Superior (midbrain): Ventral spinocerebellar tract - Dentatothalamic tract - Trigeminocerebellar fibers