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cerebellum

cerebellum

9 7.6
The part of the brain at the back that helps control movement and balance
  • noun
  • /ˌsɛrəˈbɛləm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cerebelo
  • The cerebellum is thought to promote short-term regulation and long-term habituation to compensate for these mismatched signals.
  • cerebellum and cerebrum
  • cerebellum and spinal
  • cerebellum and brain

And the details of that are all done largely with the cerebellum.

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Examples

  • And you can see one particular brain part, the cerebellum, which is a small brain part down here which relates to motion.

  • The circuits for that kind of motor learning, which are in a special part of your brain called the cerebellum, those are also much more plastic during youth.

  • Anyway, between them they were saying you need to kick start your cerebellum, which is in the back of the brain.

  • That is the cerebellum brain structure critical for fine motor movement.

  • The major part of the brain, the cerebellum, is wired primarily into the inner ear.

  • The cerebellum controls speech, Marty, not your hearing, so listen very carefully.

  • So people who have damage to the cerebellum aren't paralyzed, but they tend to be clumsy.

  • The cerebellum is the clear target when studying classical EBC (Kim & Thompson, 1997).

    Academic text (2016)
  • The cerebellum is responsible for coordinating balance and fine motor skills during activities like dancing.

  • Damage to the cerebellum can lead to difficulties with movement and coordination.

Compounds

vena cerebellum
  • Specialized
8.3

A vein that carries blood away from the back part of the brain called the cerebellum

Surface Forms

cerebellum singular
cerebella plural

Etymology

Cerebellum comes from the Latin cerebrum meaning 'brain' plus the small ending -ellum meaning 'little', so it literally means 'little brain'. That's why the cerebellum is the small part at the back of the skull that helps control movement and balance.