cerebral hemisphere

noun

1. either of the rounded halves of the cerebrum of the brain, divided laterally by a deep fissure and connected at the bottom by the corpus callosum.

cerebral hemisphere

noun

1. either half of the cerebrum

cerebral hemisphere

1. Either of the two symmetrical halves of the cerebrum, designated right and left. In mammals, the cerebral hemispheres are connected by the corpus callosum, a transverse band of nerve fibers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cerebral hemisphere¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Because of in terms of our cerebral hemispheres, there is nothing that distinguishes my cerebral hemispheres from those of a man.

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And in those mice, they identified a deficit in astrocytes, a type of brain cell widely found in white matter tracts that interconnect the two cerebral hemispheres.

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He helped craft the modern understanding of the differences between the cerebral hemispheres.

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Numerous regions in the brains of the pandits were dramatically larger than those of controls, with over 10 percent more grey matter across both cerebral hemispheres, and substantial increases in cortical thickness.

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Some of the axons grew as much as 1.5 millimeters, connecting to the corpus callosum, a bundle of neurons connecting the left and right cerebral hemispheres.

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