<P> The cerebellum is located in the posterior cranial fossa . The fourth ventricle , pons and medulla are in front of the cerebellum . It is separated from the overlying cerebrum by a layer of leathery dura mater , the tentorium cerebelli ; all of its connections with other parts of the brain travel through the pons . Anatomists classify the cerebellum as part of the metencephalon , which also includes the pons ; the metencephalon is the upper part of the rhombencephalon or `` hindbrain '' . Like the cerebral cortex , the cerebellum is divided into two hemispheres ; it also contains a narrow midline zone ( the vermis ) . A set of large folds is , by convention , used to divide the overall structure into 10 smaller `` lobules '' . Because of its large number of tiny granule cells , the cerebellum contains more neurons than the total from the rest of the brain , but takes up only 10 % of the total brain volume . The number of neurons in the cerebellum is related to the number of neurons in the neocortex . There are about 3.6 times as many neurons in the cerebellum as in the neocortex , a ratio that is conserved across many different mammalian species . </P>
<P> The cerebellum is located in the posterior cranial fossa . The fourth ventricle , pons and medulla are in front of the cerebellum . It is separated from the overlying cerebrum by a layer of leathery dura mater , the tentorium cerebelli ; all of its connections with other parts of the brain travel through the pons . Anatomists classify the cerebellum as part of the metencephalon , which also includes the pons ; the metencephalon is the upper part of the rhombencephalon or `` hindbrain '' . Like the cerebral cortex , the cerebellum is divided into two hemispheres ; it also contains a narrow midline zone ( the vermis ) . A set of large folds is , by convention , used to divide the overall structure into 10 smaller `` lobules '' . Because of its large number of tiny granule cells , the cerebellum contains more neurons than the total from the rest of the brain , but takes up only 10 % of the total brain volume . The number of neurons in the cerebellum is related to the number of neurons in the neocortex . There are about 3.6 times as many neurons in the cerebellum as in the neocortex , a ratio that is conserved across many different mammalian species . </P>
where is the cerebellum located in the brain
where is the cerebellum located in the brain
in the posterior cranial fossa
in the posterior cranial fossa