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Definition: Corpus Callosum |
Corpus CallosumNoun1. A broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | 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. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The corpus callosum is the largest white matter structure in the mammalian brain. It consists of mostly of contralateral axon projections. It appears as a wide, flat region just ventral (below) the cortex. It is missing in monotremes.
The corpus callosum connects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum. Most (but certainly not all) communication between regions in different halves of the brain are carried over the corpus callosum.
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Crosswords: Corpus Callosum |
| English words defined with "corpus callosum": callosectomy, callosotomy, Callosum ♦ epiphysis, epiphysis cerebri ♦ left brain, left hemisphere, Lyencephala ♦ pineal body, pineal gland ♦ right brain, right hemisphere ♦ Splenium, split-brain technique ♦ third ventricle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "corpus callosum": Cerebral Hemorrhage, Traumatic ♦ Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome ♦ Septum Pellucidum. (references) |
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Health | The corpus callosum is the area of the brain which connects the two cerebral hemispheres. (references) | |
Agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) is a rare congenital abnormality in which there is a partial or complete absence (agenesis) of the corpus callosum. (references) | ||
Of importance is the high association of Dandy-Walker syndrome with other central nervous system structural anomalies including agenesis of the corpus callosum and malformations of the face, limbs, digits and heart. (references) | ||
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corpus callosum | 71 |
agenesis of the corpus callosum | 34 |
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| Language | Translations for "corpus callosum"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | corpus callosum. (various references) | |
Dutch | corpus callosum, commissura maxima, trabs cerebri. (various references) | |
Finnish | corpus callosum, aivokurkiainen. (various references) | |
French | corps calleux. (various references) | |
German | corpus callosum, Schwielenkoerper, Balken (arbor, bar, beam, fesse, girder, joist, limb, prop, rail, shore, timber). (various references) | |
Greek | μεσολόβιο, τυλώδες σώμα. (various references) | |
Italian | corpo calloso. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | orpuscay allosumcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cânula de Bramann para punção do corpo caloso (canula for corpus callosum puncture), tumor do corpo caloso (tumor of the corpus callosum), punção do corpo caloso (puncture of the corpus callosum), indusão cinzenta dos corpos calosos (indusium griseum of corpus callosum), fenestração do corpo caloso (fenestration of corpus callosum), aplasia do corpo caloso (lack of corpus callosum, missing corpus callosum). (various references) | |
Spanish | cuerpo calloso. (various references) | |
Swedish | corpus callosum, hjärnbalken. (various references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-s-s-u-u" | |
-5 letters: calculous, clamorous, classroom, coumarous, crapulous. | |
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