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Definition of Cerebellum

1. Noun. A major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans.

Definition of Cerebellum

1. n. The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

Definition of Cerebellum

1. [n -LA or -LUMS]

Medical Definition of Cerebellum

1. Part of the vertebrate hindbrain, concerned primarily with somatic motor function, the control of muscle tone and the maintenance of balance. Important model for cell migration in developing mammalian brain owing to well studied migratory pathway of the granule neuron and to the existence of the neurological mutant mouse weaver in which granule cell migration fails. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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