Flocculus
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Brain: Flocculus Schematic representation of the major anatomical subdivisions of the cerebellum. Superior view of an "unrolled" cerebellum, placing the vermis in one plane.
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| colspan="2" |Under surface of the cerebellum. ("Flocculus" labeled at upper right.)
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The flocculus is a small lobe of the cerebellum at the posterior border of the middle cerebellar peduncle anterior to the biventer lobule; it is associated with the nodulus of the vermis ; together, these two structures compose the vestibular part of the cerebellum.
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Rhombencephalon
MYELENCEPHALON /MEDULLA arcuate nucleus of medulla , solitary nucleus , hypoglossal nucleus , nucleus ambiguus , olivary body , cuneate nucleus , accessory cuneate nucleus , gracile nucleus , inferior salivatory nucleus , nucleus raphe obscurus , nucleus raphe magnus , nucleus raphe pallidus , area postrema
METENCEPHALON /CEREBELLUM :cerebellar vermis , flocculus , arbor vitae
METENCEPHALON /PONS :pontine tegmentum , superior salivary nucleus , trapezoid body , pontine nuclei (superior olivary nucleus , trigeminal nerve nuclei , abducens nucleus , facial motor nucleus , cochlear nuclei , vestibular nuclei ), locus ceruleus , paramedian pontine reticular formation , nucleus centralis superior
FOURTH VENTRICLE :obex , median aperture
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