MAIN FEATURES ABOUT THE ANATOMY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CEREBELUM – 1
CEREBELUM – 1
The cerebellum is formed by numerous parallel folded sheets of nervous tissue.
The figure above shows a schematic drawing of a cerebellum. The folds are visible on the organ’s surface.
The larger figure presents a cross-section of the cerebellum. The drawing was made to show the sectioned folds. The red line indicates the boundaries of one of the folds.
Observe the distribution of white and gray matter:
– there is a large portion of white matter in the inner proximal portion of the cerebellum (to the left of the figure). The white matter of this larger portion advances inside each fold forming a central axis of white matter.This axis has small ramifications.
– the gray matter is located at the periphery of each fold.
