Horizontal fissure of cerebellum 4346810 207918347 2008-04-24T18:22:56Z Arcadian 104523 fix link {{Infobox Brain| Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = fissura (or sulcus) horizontalis (cerebelli) | GraySubject = 187 | GrayPage = 789 | Image = Gray702.png | Caption = Upper surface of the cerebellum. | Image2 = Gray704.png | Caption2 = Sagittal section of the cerebellum, near the junction of the vermis with the hemisphere. | IsPartOf = | Components = | Artery = | Vein = | BrainInfoType = hier | BrainInfoNumber = 658 | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = f_08 | DorlandsSuf = 12365521 | }} The largest and deepest fissure in the [[cerebellum]] is named the '''horizontal sulcus''' (or '''horizontal fissure'''). It commences in front of the [[pons]], and passes horizontally around the free margin of the hemisphere to the middle line behind, and divides the cerebellum into an upper and a lower portion. ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|horizontal+fissure+of+cerebellum}} {{Gray's}} {{Neuroscience-stub}} {{Cerebellum}}