The culmen is the portion of the anterior

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 ...

adjacent to the

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. Additional im ...

. The culmen and the anterior parts of the quadrangular lobules form the lobus culminis.

Additional Images

File:Slide2AST.JPG, Cerebellum. Superior surface. File:Slide3AST.JPG, Cerebellum. Superior surface.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20010514005529/http://www.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/anatomy/atlas/image_11e.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20080614064333/http://www.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/anatomy/atlas/image_06e.htm
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