Cerebellum Flashcards
What seperates the 2 cerebellar hemispheres?
Vermis
What are the 3 lobes of each cerebellar hemisphere
Anterior Posterior Floccuondular
To what part(s) of the brain is it anatomically connected to by peduncles?
Midbrain, Pons, & Medulla
What is the name of the ventricular space that lies immediately anterior to the cerebellum?
Fourth ventricle
On a model showing the brain in the cranial cavity identify and name the cranial fossa that the cerebellum is in contact with?
Cerebellar fossa (within the posterior cranial fossa)
Foramen in the skull that the cerebellum sits above?
Foramen magnum
Cerebellum sits above the?
Cerebellar tonsils
What happens if there is a sudden drop in intracellular pressure?
The tonsils may herniate through the foramen- Cerebellar coning