On the inferior aspect of
cerebellum, the
vermis
The cerebellar vermis (from Latin ''vermis,'' "worm") is located in the medial, cortico-nuclear zone of the cerebellum, which is in the posterior fossa of the cranium. The primary fissure in the vermis curves ventrolaterally to the superior s ...
protrudes above the level of the hemispheres, but on the inferior surface it is sunk almost out of sight in the bottom of a deep depression between them; this depression is called the vallecula of the cerebellum, and lodges the posterior part of the
medulla oblongata and the inferior vermis, which consists of the
tuber vermis, pyramid,
uvula and
nodule.
See also
*
Vallecula
References
* Last's anatomy by Chummy S. Sinnatamby, page 485
Cerebellum
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