Horizontal fissure of cerebellum

Horizontal fissure of cerebellum
	Upper surface of the cerebellum.
	Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere.
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Identifiers
Latin	fissura (or sulcus) horizontalis (cerebelli)
NeuroNames	661
NeuroLex ID	nlx_anat_20081255
TA	A14.1.07.209
FMA	75135
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The largest and deepest fissure in the cerebellum is named the horizontal fissure (or horizontal sulcus).

It commences in front of the pons, and passes horizontally around the free margin of the hemisphere to the middle line behind, and divides the cerebellum into an upper and a lower portion.

References

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

External links

NIF Search - Horizontal Fissure via the Neuroscience Information Framework

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