The lingula is a small tongue-shaped process consisting of four or five folia; it lies in front of the lobulus centralis and is concealed by it. Anteriorly it rests on […]
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Culmen (cerebellum)
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.
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; […]
Pontocerebellar fibers
The pontocerebellar fibers are fibers that run within the middle cerebellar peduncles from the pons to the cerebellum.The term corticopontocerebellar is sometimes used to denote efferent signals from the cerebral […]
Pyramidal lobe of thyroid gland
The pyramidal lobe is the third lobe of the thyroid gland. It is of conical shape frequently arises from the upper part of the isthmus or from the adjacent portion […]
Posterior lobe of cerebellum
The posterior lobe of cerebellum is the portion of the cerebellum caudal to the primary fissure.It is sometimes equated to the neocerebellum since phylogenetically it is the newest part of […]
Habenular trigone
The habenular trigone is a small depressed triangular area situated in front of the superior colliculus and on the lateral aspect of the posterior part of the taenia thalami. It […]
Crus of fornix
The crura (posterior pillars) of the fornix are prolonged backward from the body. They are flattened bands and at their commencement are intimately connected with the under surface of the […]
Columns of fornix
The columns (anterior pillars; fornicolumns) of the fornix arch downward in front of the interventricular foramen and behind the anterior commissure and each descends through the gray substance in the […]
Medial globus pallidus
The medial globus pallidus (or internal GPi) is one of the output nuclei of the basal ganglia (the other being the substantia nigra pars reticulata).