The uvula (uvular lobe) forms a considerable portion of the inferior

vermis The cerebellar vermis (from Latin ''vermis,'' "worm") is located in the medial, cortico-nuclear zone of the cerebellum, which is in the posterior fossa of the cranium. The primary fissure in the vermis curves ventrolaterally to the superior s ...

; it is separated on either side from the tonsil by the sulcus vallecula, at the bottom of which it is connected to the tonsil by a ridge of gray matter, indented on its surface by shallow furrows, and hence called the furrowed band.

Additional Images

File:Slide2SEER.JPG, Cerebellum. Inferior surface. File:Slide3EER.JPG, Cerebellum. Inferior surface. File:Slide4SER.JPG, Cerebellum. Inferior surface.

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20081224022115/http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/omlr/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20010514005529/http://www.ib.amwaw.edu.pl/anatomy/atlas/image_11e.htm Cerebellum {{neuroanatomy-stub