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 | |
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 Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Preclival fissure coloured in red.) | |
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| Latin | fissura prima |
| NeuroNames | 648 |
| TA | A14.1.07.119 |
| FMA | 83729 |
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Additional images
Animation. Primary fissure shown in red.
Close up animation. Primary fissure shown in red.
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 789 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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