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Cerebellum we already know quite a bit about the cerebellum from our spinal cord and brain stem discussions lets review our current state of knowledge cerebellar peduncles bundles of fibers connecting the cerebellum with the underlying brain stem we know that the inferior cerebellar peduncle restiform body contains the dorsal. The cerebellum little brain is a structure that is located at the back of the brain underlying the occipital and temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex figure 51 although the cerebellum accounts for approximately 10 of the brains volume it contains over 50 of the total number of neurons in the brain. The cerebral cortex is greatly expanded in the human brain there is a parallel expansion of the cerebellum which is interconnected with the cerebral cortex we have asked if there are accompanying changes in the organization of pre cerebellar brainstem structures we have examined the cytoarchitectonic and neurochemical organization of the human medulla and pons. The cerebellum literally little brain is located in the posterior cranial fossa it represents 10 of the total brain volume and contains more than 50 of the total number of neurons of the central nervous system its general organization resembles that of the telencephalon with an outer mantle of gray matter the cerebellar cortex that covers an internal white matter in which the . Anatomy of the brain sagittal view the cerebellum and brainstem are a testament to the fact that good things do come in small packages so this article is an overview of their anatomyoccupying only a fraction of the volume of the cerebrum these structures are responsible for simplifying every second of your life and keeping you alivethanks to them you can subconsciously and automatically