1. Any slight rounded projection above a surface.
2. The central portion of the superior
vermis forming a projection on the surface of the cerebellum; its
anterior and most prominent portion is called the culmen, its posterior sloping portion, the declive.
Origin: L. Dim. Of mons, mountain
Palmar monticuli,
three little elevations in the
distal palm corresponding to the window-like deficiencies in the
distal palmar aponeurosis between the four
longitudinal bundles and proximal to the superficial
transverse metacarpal ligament.