Cerebellar peduncles

The cerebellum is attached to the brain stem through three pairs of cerebellar peduncles or fibre trunks - the superior cerebellar peduncle,the middle cerebellar peduncle and the inferior cerebellar peduncle. These structures contain all the fibres entering the cerebellum (cerebellar afferents ) and all the fibres leaving the cerebellum (cerebellar efferents) thus:

       
a) Superior
Middle
Inferior
  • dentatothalamic

  • dentatorubral

  • fastigioreticular

  • fastigiovestibular

  • Ventral spinocerebellar
  • Pontocerebellar
  • Dorsal spinocerebellar
  • Rostral spinocerebellar
  • Cuneocerebellar
  • Olivocerebellar tracts
  • Reticulocerebellar
  • Cerebelloreticular
  • Vestibulocerebellar fibres
  • Cerebellovestibular fibres