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cerebellum attatched to brainstem posterior to pons cerebellar peduncles fiber tracts of cerebellum that communicate with other parts of brain superior cerebellum peduncle: to midbrain middle cerebellum peduncle: to pons inferior cerebellum peduncle: to medulla oblongata gray, nuclei, white cerebellum: ___ cortex and ___ with ____ matter (tracts) between cortex, folia, arbor vitae cerebellum: ____ folded in ridges called ____: white matter resembles a tree (______) flocculonodular lobe cerebellar fxns: balance and eye movements vermis cerebellar functions: posture, locomotion, fine motor coordination leading to smooth, flowing movements lateral hemispheres cerebellar functions: major portion; works with cerebrum to plan, practice, learn complex movements purkinje cells largest cells in CNS purkinje cells cells that receive 200,000 synapses, are inhibitory, only cerebellar cortex neurons that send axons to cerebellar nuclei 10 to the 12th ____ cortex contains more than ___ neurons, more neurons than the entire cerebral cortex