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flocculus

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The small lobe of the cerebellum at the posterior border of the middle cerebellar peduncle anterior to the biventer lobule that receives input from the inferior and medial vestibular nuclei and sends fibers back to the vestibular nuclei, and processes and integrates these signals to allow for the constant maintenance of balance. [ MP:0010006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flocculus_(cerebellar) http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/csmith http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0838580343&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: flocculus of cerebellum, neuraxis flocculus

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005351, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005350, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005349, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005348, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005347

UBPROP 0000008

enlarged in pterosaurs

UBPROP 0000009

At its base, the flocculus receives input from the middle ears vestibular system and regulates balance. Many floccular projections descend to the spinal cord and connect to the motor nuclei involved in control of eye movement.

UBPROP 0000012

flocculus is an exact label for two distinct classes in NIF.

has related synonym

H X, lobule H X of Larsell, lobule X, lobule X of hemisphere of cerebellum, hemispheric lobule X

id

UBERON:0001063

prefLabel

Flocculus of cerebellum