CORPUS CALLOSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corpus callosum mean? 

• CORPUS CALLOSUM (noun)
  The noun CORPUS CALLOSUM has 1 sense:

1. a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

  Familiarity information: CORPUS CALLOSUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORPUS CALLOSUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("corpus callosum" is a kind of...):

commissure (a bundle of nerve fibers passing from one side to the other of the brain or spinal cord)

Holonyms ("corpus callosum" is a part of...):

forebrain; prosencephalon (the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube)

 Context examples 

A small endocrine gland in the brain, situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum, that secretes melatonin.

(Pineal gland, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm of the corpus callosum.

(Corpus Callosum Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The loss of astrocytes was more pronounced in the corpus callosum of the mutant mice.

(Study in mice identifies type of brain cell involved in stuttering, National Institutes of Health)

A rare benign adipose tissue neoplasm within the cerebral hemisphere often associated with partial or complete agenesis of the corpus callosum.

(Cerebral Hemisphere Lipoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The corpus callosum is located deep in the longitudinal fissure.

(Corpus Callosum, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

In cases of isolated corpus callosum agenesis, symptoms may be absent or minimal.

(Corpus Callosum Agenesis, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the A2 segment of the anterior cerebral artery that supplies the corpus callosum.

(Frontopolar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A cerebral fissure that originates near the occipital lobe and terminates below the corpus callosum.

(Calcarine Sulcus, NCI Thesaurus)

A thin membrane of grey substance extending form the corpus callosum to the tuber cinereum above the optic chiasm and forming the anterior portion of the inferior border of the third ventricle.

(Lamina Cinerea, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare genetic syndrome characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum, polydactyly, mental and motor retardation.

(Acrocallosal Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)