Primary fissure of cerebellum

Brain: Primary fissure of cerebellum

Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Preclival fissure labeled at upper right.)

Schematic representation of the major anatomical subdivisions of the cerebellum. Superior view of an "unrolled" cerebellum, placing the vermis in one plane.
Gray's	subject #187 789
NeuroNames	hier-645

The monticulus of the cerebellum is divided by the primary fissure (or preclival fissure) into an anterior, raised part, the culmen or summit, and a posterior sloped part, the clivus; the quadrangular lobule is similarly divided.

External links

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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 As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.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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