How to Use corpus callosum in a Sentence

corpus callosum

noun
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  • The corpus callosum— which connects the left and right sides of the brain — had not formed.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The white corpus callosum came into view at the floor of the chasm, like a white beach between two cliffs.
    — Will Self, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • The air cavity had triggered a blood flow blockage to his corpus callosum, the part of the brain that connects the left to the right.
    — Fox News, 13 Mar. 2018
  • One, of course, is combining the two images, which is helped by the corpus callosum, the tiny part of your brain which joins the two big hemispheres.
    — sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Bookheimer points out my corpus callosum, the band of fibers that join the two hemispheres, and just below it the dark linings of the ventricles.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2019
  • The surgery, which has not been scheduled, would involve cutting the corpus callosum, the bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two brain hemispheres.
    — John Johnston, The Enquirer, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Chang has also observed structural differences in the corpus callosum, the big bundle of nerve fibers that links the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
    — Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
  • In this procedure, the large tract of nerves that connects the two hemispheres, the corpus callosum, is severed to prevent the spread of electrical impulses.
    — Michael S Gazzaniga, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2012
  • There were multiple contusions and axonal injuries — the shearing, or tearing, of the nerve fibers — scattered throughout the brain, from the tip of the right frontal lobe to the deep recesses of the corpus callosum.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Still, the team struggled to spot any clear defect in the animals’ brains — until one determined researcher found that there were fewer of the cells called astrocytes in the corpus callosum.
    — Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Domenech’s brother Colin, who turns 28 on April 30, was born without the band of white matter that connects the two hemispheres in the brain, a condition called agenesis of the corpus callosum.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 16 Apr. 2022
  • The corpus callosum is a communication network filled with cerebrospinal fluid that connects both the brain's left and right hemispheres.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
  • This surgery involves severing the corpus callosum—a bundle of over 200 million nerve fibers that connect the brain’s two hemispheres—to prevent further damage.
    — Ken Kawada, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Specialist areas were green (the corpus callosum, Broca’s area, and Wernicke’s area).
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2012
  • When the corpus callosum is severed, communication between the two brain hemispheres is lost, which causes split-brain syndrome.
    — Ken Kawada, Popular Mechanics, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Former professional players also exhibit alterations in their corpus callosum, which connects the two sides of the brain, and the changes seem more dramatic in players who started the game before age 12.
    — Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 1 Feb. 2020
  • In the 20th and 21st centuries, some researchers found the whole corpus callosum is proportionally larger in women on average while others found only certain parts are bigger.
    — The Conversation, oregonlive, 8 Aug. 2020
  • For example, the modeling of a hit in which a player lost consciousness shows that in that collision the corpus callosum oscillated at a higher frequency than the surrounding white matter.
    — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 30 Mar. 2018
  • When analyzing the images, neurologists saw key changes in neural connections between several motor areas in the brain and an altered corpus callosum due to fluid shifts in the brain, Space.com reports.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Clinical data also suggest that concussions involve more than the surface of the brain, as their severity correlates with damage deeper inside, such as deformations around the corpus callosum, the bridge between the brain’s hemispheres.
    — Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Poldrack’s individual scan shows an area in yellow, indicating an anomaly in his corpus callosum.
    — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 1 Sep. 2016

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