Corpus-callosum


[kawr-puh s kuh-loh-suh m] /ˈkɔr pəs kəˈloʊ səm/

noun, plural corpora callosa
[kawr-per-uh kuh-loh-suh] /ˈkɔr pər ə kəˈloʊ sə/ (Show IPA). Anatomy, Zoology.
1.
a great band of deeply situated transverse white fibers uniting the two halves of the cerebrum in humans and other mammals.
/kəˈləʊsəm/
noun (pl) corpora callosa (kəˈləʊsə)
1.
the band of white fibres that connects the cerebral hemispheres in mammals

corpus callosum corpus cal·lo·sum (kə-lō’səm)
n.
The commissural plate of nerve fibers connecting the two cerebral hemispheres except for most of the temporal lobes. Also called commissure of cerebral hemispheres.
corpus callosum
(kə-lō’səm)
Plural corpora callosa
The transverse band of nerve fibers that connects the right and left cerebral hemispheres.

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