Corpus callosum

From Psy3241

The corpus callosum (Latin for “tough body”) is a broad, thick bundle of nerve fibers in the entire nervous system, running from side to side and consisting of millions and millions of nerve fibers. If we cut a brain in half down the middle, we would also cut through the fibers of the corpus callosum.

If we cut a brain in half down the middle, we would also cut through the fibers of the corpus callosum. When looking at the middle side of one half of the brain, in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the corpus callosum looks like a section of a mushroom cap located at the center of the brain.

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References

Hubel, D. H (2006). THE CORPUS CALLOSUM. Retrieved April 21, 2008, from Eye, Brain, and Vision Web site: http://hubel.med.harvard.edu/b34.htm

NODCC, (2006). What is the Corpus Callosum? . Retrieved April 21, 2008, from National Organization for Disorders in the CorpusCallosum Web site: http://www.nodcc.org/what_is_the_corpus_callosum.php

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