The central lobule is a small square

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, situated in the

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. It overlaps the lingula, from which it is separated by the precentral fissure; laterally, it extends along the upper and anterior part of each hemisphere, where it forms a wing-like prolongation (ala), on each side, as the alae of the central lobule or ''alae lobuli centralis.''

Additional Images

File:Slide2AST.JPG, Cerebellum. Superior surface. File:Slide3AST.JPG, Cerebellum. Superior surface. File:Slide2SEER.JPG, Cerebellum. Inferior surface. File:Slide3EER.JPG, Cerebellum. Inferior surface. File:Slide4SER.JPG, Cerebellum. Inferior surface.

References

External links

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