Culmen (cerebellum)

Culmen
Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Culmen labeled near center.)

Details
Identifiers
Latin	Culmen
NeuroNames	hier-656
NeuroLex ID	Culmen
TA	A14.1.07.112
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

Cerebellum. Superior surface.
Cerebellum. Superior surface.

References

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

External links

Anatomy of the cerebellum

Surface

Lobes	Anterior lobe Posterior lobe Horizontal fissure Flocculonodular lobe Flocculus Nodule Primary fissure

Medial/lateral	Vermis: anterior Central lobule Culmen Lingula posterior Folium Tuber Uvula Vallecula of cerebellum Hemisphere: anterior Alar central lobule posterior Biventer lobule Cerebellar tonsil

Grey matter

Deep cerebellar nuclei	Dentate interposed Emboliform Globose Fastigial

Cerebellar cortex	Molecular layer Stellate cell Basket cell Purkinje cell layer Purkinje cell Bergmann glia cell = Golgi epithelial cell Granule cell layer Golgi cell Granule cell Unipolar brush cell Fibers: Mossy fibers Climbing fiber Parallel fiber

White matter

Internal	Arbor vitae

Peduncles	Inferior (medulla): Dorsal spinocerebellar tract Olivocerebellar tract Cuneocerebellar tract Juxtarestiform body (Vestibulocerebellar tract) Trigeminocerebellar fibers Middle (pons): Pontocerebellar fibers Superior (midbrain): Ventral spinocerebellar tract Dentatothalamic tract

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