cerebral hemisphere

American  

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.

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cerebral hemisphere British  

noun

1. either half of the cerebrum

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cerebral hemisphere Scientific  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of cerebral hemisphere

First recorded in 1810–20

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cerebral hemisphere

However, the left cerebral hemisphere controls the right side of the body, whereas the right cerebral hemisphere controls the left side of the body.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

I attribute the low weight to the loss of volume in the left cerebral hemisphere.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021

Whereas hemorrhagic stroke may involve bleeding into a large region of the CNS, such as into the deep white matter of a cerebral hemisphere, other events can cause widespread damage and loss of neurological functions.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Sperry's test procedures proved that each cerebral hemisphere in such patients had its own separate world of consciousness, perceptual experience, emotions, thoughts and memory.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus when the cortex destroyed is of the right cerebral hemisphere, the resultant visual defect is in the left half of the field of vision of both eyes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various