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Cerebellum

Meaning in anatomy & physiology, with examples

/ˌserəˈbeləm/nounCommon term

In anatomy & physiology, cerebellum means: The part of the brain at the back of the head, below the cerebrum, that coordinates movement, balance and posture and helps with learning motor skills.

In Turkish: beyincik, serebellum

How it is used

Anatomy lectures describe its two hemispheres and the vermis between them. Damage to it causes clumsy, uncoordinated movement (ataxia) on the same side of the body. The adjective is cerebellar, as in cerebellar signs.

Example sentences

  1. The cerebellum helps you keep your balance when you walk on uneven ground.

  2. The cerebellum lies below the occipital lobes and behind the brainstem.

Common collocations

  • cerebellar hemisphere
  • cerebellar function
  • cerebellar signs
  • vermis
  • brainThe organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, movement, the senses and many automatic body functions. Its main parts are the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brainstem.
  • nervous systemThe network of the brain, spinal cord and nerves that receives information, processes it and controls the body's responses by sending electrical signals.
  • neuronA nerve cell: the basic unit of the nervous system that sends and receives electrical and chemical signals. It has a cell body, dendrites that receive signals and an axon that passes them on.
  • spinal cordThe long bundle of nerve tissue that runs down from the brain inside the vertebral column. It carries signals between the brain and the body and controls simple reflexes.

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