corpus callosum
a great band of deeply situated transverse white fibers uniting the two halves of the cerebrum in humans and other mammals.
Origin of corpus callosum
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How to use corpus callosum in a sentence
The corpus callosum is the bunch of nerve fibers that unites the two brain hemispheres.
The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469) | Stephen J. Dubner | July 15, 2021 | FreakonomicsDeformity and deficiency of the corpus callosum in some degenerates is but an expression of general defect of associating tracts.
Degeneracy | Eugene S. TalbotThese hemispheres are connected with each other by a small bridge of fibers called the corpus callosum.
The Mind and Its Education | George Herbert BettsThe corpus callosum does not equal the hemispheres in length, but approaches nearer to their anterior than their posterior ends.
The fibres from the centre to the right motor area cross in the anterior part of the corpus callosum.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition. | Alexander Miles
The white curved band above H represents the corpus callosum.
A Practical Physiology | Albert F. Blaisdell
British Dictionary definitions for corpus callosum
/ (kəˈləʊsəm) /
the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals
Origin of corpus callosum
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Scientific definitions for corpus callosum
[ kə-lō′səm ]
The transverse band of nerve fibers that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres.
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