Alar central lobule

Brain: Alar central lobule

Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Ala labeled at center top.)
Latin	ala lobuli centralis
Gray's	subject #187 789
NeuroNames	hier-652
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_907

The lobulus centralis is a small square lobule, situated in the anterior cerebellar notch. It overlaps the lingula, from which it is separated by the precentral fissure; laterally, it extends along the upper and anterior part of each hemisphere, where it forms a wing-like prolongation, the alar central lobule.

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

Human brain, rhombencephalon, metencephalon: cerebellum (TA 14.1.07, GA 9.788)

Surface anatomy

Lobes	Anterior lobe · Posterior lobe (Horizontal fissure) · Flocculonodular lobe (Flocculus, Nodule) Primary fissure

Medial/lateral	Vermis: anterior (Central lobule, Culmen, Lingula) · posterior (Folium, Tuber, Uvula) · Vallecula of cerebellum Hemisphere: anterior (Alar central lobule) · posterior (Biventer lobule, Cerebellar tonsil)

Grey matter

Deep cerebellar nuclei	Dentate · interposed (Emboliform, Globose) · Fastigial

Cerebellar cortex	Molecular layer (Stellate cell, Basket cell) Purkinje cell layer (Purkinje cell, Bergmann glia cell = Golgi epithelial cell) Granule cell layer (Golgi cell, Granule cell, Unipolar brush cell) Fibers: Mossy fibers · Climbing fiber · Parallel fiber

White matter

Internal	Arbor vitae

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

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