Culmen (cerebellum)

Culmen (cerebellum)
Brain: Culmen (cerebellum)
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Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Culmen labeled near center.)
Gray's subject #187 789
NeuroNames hier-656
NeuroLex ID birnlex_926

The culmen is the portion of the anterior vermis adjacent to the primary fissure of cerebellum.

The culmen and the anterior parts of the quadrangular lobules form the lobus culminis.

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 As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eHuman brain, rhombencephalon, metencephalon: cerebellum (TA 14.1.07, GA 9.788)
Surface anatomy
Lobes
Medial/lateral
Grey matter

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
Peduncles

M: CNS

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