The largest and deepest fissure in the

cerebellum The cerebellum (Latin for "little brain") is a major feature of the hindbrain of all vertebrates. Although usually smaller than the cerebrum, in some animals such as the mormyrid fishes it may be as large as or even larger. In humans, the cerebe ...

is named the horizontal fissure (or horizontal sulcus). It commences in front of the

pons The pons (from Latin , "bridge") is part of the brainstem that in humans and other bipeds lies inferior to the midbrain, superior to the medulla oblongata and anterior to the cerebellum. The pons is also called the pons Varolii ("bridge of Va ...

, and passes horizontally around the free margin of the hemisphere to the middle line behind, and divides the cerebellum into an upper and a lower portion.

Additional images

File:Horizontal fissure of cerebellum --- animation.gif, Animation. Horizontal fissure lined in red. File:Gray702.png, Upper surface of the cerebellum. File:Gray704.png, Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere.

References

External links

NIF Search - Horizontal Fissure
via the

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