Flocculus
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| Brain: Flocculus | ||
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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. | ||
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| Under surface of the cerebellum. ("Flocculus" labeled at upper right.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #187 791 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-677 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_09/12368554 | |
The flocculus is a small lobe of the cerebellum at the posterior border of the middle cerebellar peduncle anterior to the biventer lobule; it is associated with the nodulus of the vermis; together, these two structures compose the vestibular part of the cerebellum.
