Culmen (cerebellum)

Culmen
Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Culmen labeled near center.)
Details
Identifiers
Latin	Culmen
NeuroNames	659
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_926
TA98	A14.1.07.112
TA2	5824
FMA	83886
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [ edit on Wikidata]

The culmen is the portion of the anterior vermis adjacent to the primary fissure of cerebellum.

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

Additional images

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  Cerebellum. Superior surface.
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  Cerebellum. Superior surface.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 789 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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
• NIF Search - Culmen via the Neuroscience Information Framework