How the Body Works : Movement and the Cerebellum

Movement and the Cerebellum

The cerebellum, part of the hindbrain, is concerned with the regulation of coordination and balance. It is an oval-shaped structure with a central furrow, which is flanked on either side by a bulbous lobe. The furrow is called the vermis and the expanded lobes the hemispheres. The surface is covered with folds, or folia. In the illustration presented, a section through a folium has been drawn out and cut through to show its internal structure. The outer region of the cerebellum is known as the cortex, or gray matter. It contains two distinct layers of nerve cells, the molecular layer-containing stellate and basket cells, which process information within the cortex, and the granular layer-containing small granule cells and Golgi cells, which sift incoming information. The layers are separated from each other by a layer of purknje cells, which carry information concerning body movement out of the cerebellum. Beneath the cortex lies the white matter, which is composed of nerve fibers, mossy fibers and climbing fibers that pass in and out of the cerebellum. The Mossy fibers are a major route for information entering the cerebellum, while the climbing fibers carry information to the cells in the molecular layer of the cerebellar cortex. The cerebellum lies below the occipital lobes of the brain's cerebral hemispheres.

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[SeeSp0tRun]

About everything you'll ever need to know about the cerebellum explained in under 2 minutes. Pure genius!

[freyajean]

0:37

[Android18uk]

@mgdoom Read a textbook! This is a good overview.

[007goretex]

the cerebellum is a fuckin wacky ass part of the brain. mawfuckin college makin me wrtie shit about this when im drunk on a friday night

[gavinplaysbass]

i just wrote a paper on this thing. Its functions are pretty intricate.

[mgdoom]

very poor...not any information about the mecanisms...piece of trash

[oridniv]

10 million years worth of information :)

[ConstantC4]

I wonder what would happen if that what it's name ____ cerebelli , anyway a layer of meninx would be missing and the cerebellar cortex could directler connect with the cerebral cortex.

would you need thalamic translation and you would just get seizures or would you be able to process much more information at some expanse?

[crazzychik]

Does anyone know the reference to the place this information was obtained from? if so PLEASE message me ASAP!

[4121309]

nice

[DrJeWelleR]

very nice job

but if there was little info about the function ,, it would be better