The culmen is the portion of the anterior vermis adjacent to the primary fissure of cerebellum.

Culmen
Upper surface of the cerebellum. (Culmen labeled near center.)
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LatinCulmen
NeuroNames659
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_926
TA98A14.1.07.112
TA25824
FMA83886
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The culmen and the anterior parts of the quadrangular lobules form the lobus culminis.

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 789 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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