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| Brain: Primary fissure of cerebellum |
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| Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Preclival fissure labeled at upper right.) |
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| 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.
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