RIGHT HEMISPHERE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right hemisphere mean? 

• RIGHT HEMISPHERE (noun)
  The noun RIGHT HEMISPHERE has 1 sense:

1. the cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body

  Familiarity information: RIGHT HEMISPHERE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT HEMISPHERE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cerebral hemisphere to the right of the corpus callosum that controls the left half of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

right brain; right hemisphere

Hypernyms ("right hemisphere" is a kind of...):

cerebral hemisphere; hemisphere (either half of the cerebrum)

 Context examples 

The right hemisphere controls the muscles on the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere controls the muscles on the right side of the body.

(Cerebral hemisphere, NCI Dictionary)

Containing as many as 200 million nerve fibers, the corpus callosum enables communication between the brain’s left and right hemispheres, helping to integrate signals for processes that involve both hemispheres, such as physical coordination and use of language.

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

Further analysis suggested that the changes in beta oscillations primarily happened in the right hemispheres of the volunteers’ brains and along neural networks connecting the frontal and parietal lobes that are known to help control the planning of movements.

(Brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories, National Institutes of Health)