Anatomy
corpus callosum
cor·pus cal·lo·sum [ kawr-puhs kuh-loh-suhm ]
Subclass of:
Telencephalic Commissures
Definitions related to corpus callosum:
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A white matter structure within the cleft that separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres in the mammalian brain. It is composed of a wide, flat bundle of 200-250 million axonal projections.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Broad plate of dense myelinated fibers that reciprocally interconnect regions of the cortex in all lobes with corresponding regions of the opposite hemisphere. The corpus callosum is located deep in the longitudinal fissure.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The large bundle of nerve fibers linking the left and right sides of the brain.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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The main neocortical commissure of the cerebral hemispheres; it is subdivided into a genu, a rostrum, a body, and a splenium.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(intercerebral commissure) Class of unpaired telencephalic white matter structures consisting of fiber pathways which project across the midsagittal plane and which serve to interconnect telencephalic structures lying within the contralateral cerebral hemisphere.Foundational Model of AnatomyUniversity of Washington, 2017
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Corpus callosum, bundle of nerve fibres in the longitudinal fissure of the brain that enables corresponding regions of the left and right cerebral hemispheres to communicate. The axons and dendrites of the neurons in the corpus callosum synapse with cortical neurons on symmetrically related points...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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