part_of part of part of has potential to develop into has potential to develop into primordium cerebellum rhombic lip TAO:0001440 cerebellar anlage The posterior section of the developing metencephalon recognized transiently within the vertebrate embryo; the rhombic lip extends posteriorly from the roof of the fourth ventricle to dorsal neuroepithelial cell and can be divided into eight structural units based on rhombomeres 1-8 (r1-r8), recognized at early stages of hindbrain development; producing granule cells and five brainstem nuclei, the rhombic lip plays an important role in developing a complex cerebellar neural system. DHBA:10664 UBERON:0006215 cerebellum primordium presumptive cerebellum EMAPA:17074 Wikipedia:Rhombic_lips future cerebellum EHDAA2:0000231 cerebellar primordium ZFA:0001440 The interface between the dorsal neuroepithelium and the roofplate of the fourth ventricle. The source of a number of migratory neuron populations of the hindbrain.[TAO] uberon XAO:0004135 rostral rhombic lip UBERON:0013163 dorsal part of alar plate of metencephalon presumptive structure future metencephalon