Cerebellum - Part 1 Flashcards
Other term for Cerebellum
Little brain
Situated in the posterior cranial fossa
• Ovoid in shape and constricted in the median part
Cerebellum
dura mater fold dividing the
tentorial surface of cerebrum and the cerebellum
Tentorium cerebelli
Folds of cerebellum
Folia
Cerebellum is connected to the:
Midbrain by the ?
Pons by the ?
Medulla oblongata by the ?
Superior cerebellar peduncle
Middle cerebellar peduncle
Inferior cerebellar peduncle
T or F. Cerebellum has NO DIRECT PATHWAY to the lower
motor neurons but exerts its control via the cerebral
cortex and the brainstem
T
Major lobes of Cerebellum
Anterior
Middle/Posterior
Flocculonodular
Superior lobe
Anterior
Anterior lobe separated from the middle lobe by a wide V-shaped fissure
Primary fissure
Largest lobe
Middle/Posterior
2 fissures of middle lobe
primary fissure and uvulonodular/posterolateral fissure
o Largest and deepest
o Divides cerebellum into upper and lower halves
Horizantal sulcus
Lobe posterior to uvulonodular fissure
Flocculonodular
Upper surface of the cerebellum is elevated above the
level of the hemispheres
Vermis
Vermis deep depression which lodges the posterior part of
medulla oblongata
Vallecula cerebelli
Subdivisions of superior vermis
Lingula
Lobulus centralis
Monticulus (Culmen and Declive)
Folium vermis
Buried in the vallecular
Inferior vermis
Inferior vermis is separated from the hemisphere on either side by a deep groove
Sulcus valleculae