Primary fissure of cerebellum

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.

Primary fissure of cerebellum
Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Preclival fissure coloured in red.)
The primary fissure demarcates the anterior lobe    and the posterior lobe   .
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Latinfissura prima
NeuroNames648
TA98A14.1.07.119
TA25794
FMA83729
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 789 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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