vermis
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of vermis
1885–90; < New Latin; Latin: worm; so called from its shape
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Therefore, the researchers investigated the possibility that Bergmann glial cells in the cerebellar vermis regulate the volume of aggression in mice.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023
Samples of the following areas were taken and analysed: frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital, posterior frontal cortex including motor strip, basal ganglia, thalamus, hippocampus, brain stem including midbrain, and cerebellar hemisphere and vermis.
From Nature • Sep. 8, 2015
The midline is composed of the vermis and the flocculonodular lobe, and the hemispheres are the lateral regions.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The vermis is referred to as the spinocerebellum because it primarily receives input from the dorsal columns and spinocerebellar pathways.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
It consists of two hemispheres or lateral lobes, and of a median or central lobe, which in human anatomy is called the vermis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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