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Archeocerebellum

Archeocerebellum –>
vestibulocerebellum
Those regions of the cerebellar cortex whose predominant afferent fibres arise from the ganglion vestibulare and the vestibular nuclei; structures included under this term are nodulus, flocculus, ventral parts of the uvula and small ventral parts of the lingula.
Synonym: archeocerebellum.
Origin: vestibulo– L. Cerebellum


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