| Emboliform nucleus | |
|---|---|
 Cross-section of the cerebellum. Emboliform nucleus labeled at bottom-left. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | nucleus emboliformis |
| NeuroNames | 688 |
| NeuroLex ID | birnlex_1135 |
| TA98 | A14.1.07.409 |
| TA2 | 5838 |
| FMA | 72538 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
The emboliform nucleus is a deep cerebellar nucleus that lies immediately to the medial side of the dentate nucleus, partly covering its hilum. It is one of the four pairs of deep cerebellar nuclei, which are from lateral to medial: the dentate, emboliform, globose and fastigial. These nuclei can be seen using Weigert's elastic stain.
In lower mammals the emboliform nucleus appears to be continuous with the globose nucleus, and these are known together as the interposed nucleus.[1]
Emboliform, from Ancient Greek, means "shaped like a plug or wedge".
- ^ Carpenter, Malcolm B. (1985). Core text of neuroanatomy (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. p. 207. ISBN 0683014552.