CORPUSCALLOSUM

Corpus callosum

The corpus callosum, also known as the colossal commissure, is a wide, flat bundle of neural fibers beneath the cortex in the eutherian brain at the longitudinal fissure. It connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres and facilitates interhemispheric communication. It is the largest white matter structure in the brain, consisting of 200–250 million contralateral axonal projections.

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corpus callosum

Noun

  1. In mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.


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