Definitions for "Flocculus"
A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.
L. = a little tuft, dim. L. floccus; small lobe beneath each cerebellar hemisphere.
(L. tuft): Small hemispherical component of the ventral cerebellum located at the cerebellomedullary-pontine angle. It is connected by a stalk to the nodulus in the vermal midline to form the flocculonodular lobule (vestibulocerebellum o r archicerebellum).