Horizontal fissure of cerebellum
The largest and deepest fissure in the cerebellum is named the horizontal fissure (or horizontal sulcus).
| Horizontal fissure of cerebellum | |
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 Lateral view of brain. Horizontal fissure lined in red. | |
Dissection video (34 sec) | |
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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 | |
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.
Additional images
Animation. Horizontal fissure lined in red.
Upper surface of the cerebellum.
Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere.
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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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