Culmen
Culmen
Definition
The culmen is a median lobule of the cerebellar vermis forming part of the rostral lobe of the cerebellum. It is situated caudal to the central lobule and rostral to the declive, from which it is separated by the primary fissure. In veterinary anatomical nomenclature, the culmen is divided into rostral and caudal parts. Laterally, it is continuous with the quadrangular lobule of each cerebellar hemisphere.
References
Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.
International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria, 6th edition, Ghent (Belgium), 2017.
