nouncorpora callosa

• A broad band of nerve fibers joining the two hemispheres of the brain.

  ‘The mass extended into the left hemisphere through the anterior corpus callosum and obliterated the frontal horn of the right lateral ventricle.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In this preparation the corpus callosum, caudate nucleus, and most brainstem structures have been removed.’
  • ‘In addition, in murderers' brains, the corpus callosum - a band of tissue that links the right and left hemispheres - also functioned poorly.’
  • ‘The great cerebral vein can be seen curving below the splenium of the corpus callosum to empty into the straight sinus.’
  • ‘In the depths of the specimen it is possible to see the inferior surface of the corpus callosum, to which the body of the fornix is firmly attached.’