cerebellar nodulus

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Introduction

The posterior extremity of the inferior cerebellar vermis.

It is associated with the flocculus of the cerebellum.

Together the nodulus & flocculus compose the vestibular part of the cerebellum.

The flocculonodular lobe is the oldest evolutionary part of the cerebellum.

More general terms

Component of

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999