The |cerebellum| is second smaller division of the |brain|, located below the |cerebrum| and in the ~posterior~ of the |brain|. The |cerebellum| features a central portion, called the vermis, and two side portions, or ~hemispheres~ - one on each side. It is the responsibility of the |cerebellum| to coordinate and modify the resultant activity of impulses and orders sent from the |cerebrum|. It does this by receiving information from ~nerve~ endings all over the body, such as the balance and equilibrium centers in the inner |ear|, and adjusts and fine tunes these actions by passing the regulating signals to the motor neurons of the |brain| and |spinal cord|. Damage to the |cerebellum| therefore results in loss of ability to maintain precise muscular coordination and fine cooperative actions of the motor processes (called ataxia).
