CEREBELLUM

Muh. Iqbal Basri

Anatomy Department
Hasanuddin University

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 Position
 Lies above and behind the
medullar and pons and
occupies posterior cranial
fossa

Cerebellum
 External features
Consists of two cerebellar hemisphere united in the
midline by the vermis
 External features
Three peduncles
 Inferior cerebellar peduncle
－ connect with medulla and with
spinal cord, contain both afferent
and efferent fibers
 Middle cerebellar peduncle
－ connect with pons, contain
afferent fibers
 Superior cerebellar peduncle
－ connect with midbrain, contain
mostly efferent fibers
 External features
 Tonsil of cerebellum
two elevated masses
on inferior surface of
hemispheral portion
just nearby foramen
magnum
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 Lobes
 Two deep fissures
 Primary fissure
 Posterolateral fissure
 Three lobs
 Flocculonodular lobe flocculus
and nodule
 Anterior lobe Corpus of
cerebellar
 Posterior lobe
 Lobes
Anterior lobe
corpus of
Primary fissure cerebellar
Posterior lobe

Flocculonodular lobe
Posterolateral fissure
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 Three functional divisions
 Vestibulocerebellum
 Archicerebellum

 Flocculonodular lobe

 Accept vestibular impulse

 Spinocerebellum
 Paleocerebellum

Intermediate zone
Vermis

Lateral zone
 Vermis and intermediate

zone
 Proprioceptif from spinal

cord
 Cerebrocerebellum
 Neocerebellum
Flocculonodular lobe
 Lateral zone

 Lobus posterior (except

pyramis and uvula)

Connections and function of cerebellum
Vestibulocerebellum
 Connections
 Afferents: receive input from vestibular nuclei and
primary vestibular
 Efferents: projects to the vestibular nucleus →
vestibulospinal tract and medial longitudinal
fasciculus → motor neurons of anterior horn
 Function: involved in eye movements and
maintain balance
 Connections and function of cerebellum

Spinocerebellum
 Connnection
 Afferents: receive somatic sensory information
via spinocerebellar tracts
  Efferents:
 Vermis projects to the fastigial nucleus → vestibular

nuclei and reticular formation → vestibulospinal tract

and reticulospinal tract → motor neurons of anterior horn
 Intermediate zone projects to the interposed nuclei
 Contralateral red nucleus → rubrospinal tract →motor neurons of
anterior horn
 Contralateral VI →cerebral cortex→ coticospinal tract→motor
neurons of anterior horn
 Function: play an important role in control of muscle
tone and coordination of muscle movement on the
same side of the body
Connections and function of cerebellum

Cerebrocerebellum
 Connection
 Afferents: receives input from the cerebral cortex
via a relay in pontine nuclei
 Efferents: projects to dentate nucleus → VI →
primary motor cortex → corticospinal tract →
motor neurons of anterior horn
 Function: participates in planning movements
 Internal structures
Gray matter
 Cerebellar cortex
 Cerebellar nuclei
 Dentate nucleus
 Fastigial nucleus
 Interposed nucleus
 Emboliform nucleus
 Globose nucleus

White matter －
medullary center
 Internal structures

Cerebellar cortex Fastigial nucleus

Globose nucleus
Dentate nucleus Emboliform nucleus

medullary center
TABLE OF AFFERENT + EFFERENT FIBRES

PEDUNCULUS AFFERENT EFFERENT

CEREBELLI
1. Tractus Tectocerebellaris 1. Tractus Fastigiobulbaris
SUPERIOR 2. Tractus Spinocerebellaris 2. Tractus Cerebellorubralis
Brachium conjunctivum Anterior 3. Tractus Dentatothalamicus

Tractus Pontocerebellaris --------

MEDIUS
Brachium pontis
1. Trac. Spinocerebellaris post 1. Trac. Cerebellovestibularis
2. Trac. Vestibulocerebellaris 2. Trac. Cerebelloreticularis
INFERIOR 3. Tractus Olivocerebellaris
4. Trac. Arcuatocerebellaris
Corpus restiforme
5. Fibra Trigeminocerebellaris
6. Trac. Reticulocerebellaris
7. Trac. Cuneocerebellaris

=3 = 10 =5
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