Cerebellum
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Koç Direk,
F.
(ed.)
2025.
Functional Neuroanatomy and Clinical Correlations.
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The cerebellum is a structure located in the posterior cranial fossa that performs important functions such as maintaining balance and motor coordination and regulating muscle tone. It develops from the metencephalon in the central nervous system (1). It is adjacent to the occipital lobe above, the pons, mesencephalon, and medulla oblongata in front. The cerebellum is connected to the brain stem by three peduncles. Weighing between 140 and 150 grams, the cerebellum is one-tenth the size of the encephalon. Although it is considerably smaller than the encephalon, it contains more than half of all the neurons in the brain.
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