Tuber of vermis
| Brain: Tuber of vermis | ||
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| Under surface of the cerebellum. (Tuber labeled at center bottom.) | ||
| Latin | tuber vermis | |
| Gray's | subject #187 790 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-673 | |
Overview
The tuber of vermis, the most posterior division of the inferior vermis, is of small size, and laterally spreads out into the large inferior semilunar lobules, which comprise at least two-thirds of the inferior surface of the hemisphere.
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Brain: Metencephalon/rhombencephalon - cerebellum (hindbrain) | |
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| 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 |
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