nounplural noun cerebra/-brə/

• The principal and most anterior part of the brain in vertebrates, located in the front area of the skull and consisting of two hemispheres, left and right, separated by a fissure. It is responsible for the integration of complex sensory and neural functions and the initiation and coordination of voluntary activity in the body.

  See also telencephalon

  ‘These changes were observed in a multifocal distribution involving the white matter of the cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem, and spinal cord.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The outer layer of the cerebrum, called the cerebral cortex, is responsible for most higher brain functions such as thought, reasoning, memory, and voluntary muscle movement.’
  • ‘The cerebrum, pons, and medulla were hypoplastic.’
  • ‘The cortical system of arterial branches ramifies over the cerebrum to supply the cortex with arterioles that anastomose in the pia mater.’
  • ‘When pain is experienced, this sensation has reached the cerebrum through complex and dynamic interactions.’

  Synonyms

  cerebrum, cerebral matter