cerebellum

Part of the metencephalon that lies in the posterior cranial fossa behind the brain stem. It is concerned with the coordination of movement[MESH]. A large dorsally projecting part of the brain concerned especially with the coordination of muscles and the maintenance of bodily equilibrium, situated between the brain stem and the back of the cerebrum , and formed in humans of two lateral lobes and a median lobe[BTO]. Brain structure derived from the anterior hindbrain, and perhaps including posterior midbrain. The cerebellum plays a role in somatic motor function, the control of muscle tone, and balance[ZFA]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the cerebellum is

Part of the metencephalon that lies in the posterior cranial fossa behind the brain stem. It is concerned with the coordination of movement[MESH]. A large dorsally projecting part of the brain concerned especially with the coordination of muscles and the maintenance of bodily equilibrium, situated between the brain stem and the back of the cerebrum , and formed in humans of two lateral lobes and a median lobe[BTO]. Brain structure derived from the anterior hindbrain, and perhaps including posterior midbrain. The cerebellum plays a role in somatic motor function, the control of muscle tone, and balance[ZFA]. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the cerebellum is

It sits within the nervous system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What the cerebellum connects to

The atlas records 30 typed relationships for it, across 10 kinds of connection. part of hindbrain and metencephalon.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: superior cerebellar artery. Venous drainage: cerebellar vein.

Also called

Also recorded as infratentorial region, epencephalon-1, corpus cerebelli and parencephalon. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002037, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: hindbrain and metencephalon.
• A kind of: regional part of brain.
• Adjacent to: cerebellopontine angle and lateral cerebellomedullary cistern.
• contains: ansoparamedian fissure of cerebellum, cerebellar cortex, cerebellar layer, cerebellar nuclear complex, cerebellum fissure and cerebellum vasculature, and 11 more.
• contributes to morphology of: metencephalon, cerebellar cortex and nucleus of cerebellar nuclear complex.
• Drained by: cerebellar vein.
• left of: left hemisphere of cerebellum.
• right of: right hemisphere of cerebellum.

Questions

Where is the cerebellum?

It sits within the nervous system. Positioned deliberately as part of this species body plan.

What does the cerebellum connect to?

Part of: hindbrain and metencephalon.

Is the cerebellum the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.