Horizontal fissure of cerebellum

Horizontal fissure of cerebellum
Lateral view of brain. Horizontal fissure lined in red.
Dissection video (34 sec)
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Identifiers
Latinfissura (or sulcus) horizontalis (cerebelli)
NeuroNames661
NeuroLex IDnlx_anat_20081255
TA98A14.1.07.209
TA25796
FMA75135
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.

Additional images

  • Animation. Horizontal fissure lined in red.
    Animation. Horizontal fissure lined in red.
  • Upper surface of the cerebellum.
    Upper surface of the cerebellum.
  • Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere.
    Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere.

References

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

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