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CEREBELLUM
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Irregular inflected form: cerebella
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cerebellum" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Meronyms (parts of "cerebellum"):
arteria cerebelli; cerebellar artery (an artery that supplies the cerebellum)
cerebellar hemisphere (either of two lateral lobes of the cerebellum)
dentate nucleus (a large laminar nucleus of grey matter within the white matter of each cerebral hemisphere)
vermis; vermis cerebelli (the narrow central part of the cerebellum between the two hemispheres)
paleocerebellum (the anterior lobe of the cerebellum which was one of the earliest parts of the hindbrain to develop in mammals)
Holonyms ("cerebellum" is a part of...):
hindbrain; rhombencephalon (the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem)
Derivation:
cerebellar (relating to or associated with the cerebellum)
Context examples:
A region of the brain at the junction of the pons, cerebellum, and medulla.
(Cerebellopontine Angle, NCI Thesaurus)
The cerebellum controls balance for walking and standing, and other complex motor functions.
(Cerebellum, NCI Dictionary)
Chiari malformations (CMs) are structural defects in the cerebellum.
(Chiari Malformation, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
Benign and malignant astrocytomas that arise from astrocytes in the cerebellum.
(Childhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A medulloblastoma arising from the vermis of the cerebellum.
(Cerebellar Vermis Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A WHO Grade 1 astrocytoma which arises in the cerebellum.
(Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A superficial vein that is located on the cerebellum and that drains the cerebellum.
(Cerebellar Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare malignant embryonal neoplasm arising from the cerebellum.
(Medullomyoblastoma with Myogenic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers measured glucose levels in different brain regions, some vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease pathology, such as the frontal and temporal cortex, and some that are resistant, like the cerebellum.
(Higher brain glucose levels may mean more severe Alzheimer’s, National Institutes of Health)
Atrophy of the cerebral cortex and/or cerebellum due to chronic ethanol consumption.
(Alcoholic Brain Atrophy, NCI Thesaurus)
