Definition of Cerebral hemisphere

1. Noun. Either half of the cerebrum.

Exact synonyms: Hemisphere
Generic synonyms: Neural Structure
Specialized synonyms: Left Brain, Left Hemisphere, Right Brain, Right Hemisphere
Group relationships: Cerebrum
Derivative terms: Hemispheric, Hemispherical

Definition of Cerebral hemisphere

1. Noun. (neuroanatomy) One of the two regions of the brain that are delineated by the body's median plane. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cerebral hemisphere

1. 1. A half sphere; one half of a sphere or globe, when divided by a plane passing through its center. 2. Half of the terrestrial globe, or a projection of the same in a map or picture. 3. The people who inhabit a hemisphere. "He died . . . Mourned by a hemisphere." (J. P. Peters)ten Cerebral hemispheres. See Brain. Magdeburg hemispheres, two hemispherical cups forming, when placed together, a cavity from which the air can be withdrawn by an air pump; used to illustrate the pressure of the air. So called because invented by Otto von Guericke at Magdeburg. Origin: L. Hemisphaerium, Gr.; half = sphere: cf. F. Hemisphere. See Hemi-, and Sphere. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerebral Hemisphere

cerebral cortexes
cerebral cortices
cerebral death
cerebral decompression
cerebral decortication
cerebral dominance
cerebral dysplasia
cerebral edema
cerebral edemas
cerebral embolism and thrombosis
cerebral fissures
cerebral flexure
cerebral gigantism
cerebral haematoma
cerebral haemorrhage
cerebral hemisphere (current term)
cerebral hemispheres
cerebral hemorrhage
cerebral hernia
cerebral herniation
cerebral hypoxia
cerebral index
cerebral infarction
cerebral ischemia
cerebral lacuna
cerebral layer of retina
cerebral lipidosis
cerebral localisation
cerebral localisations
cerebral localization

Literary usage of Cerebral hemisphere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of the Nervous System by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"CHAPTER XVIII THE CORTEX AND MEDULLARY CENTER OF THE cerebral hemisphere THE cerebral cortex forms a convoluted gray lamina, covering the cerebral ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1883)
"the whole convex surface of the right cerebral hemisphere. A larger quantity of pale, limpid serum was found effused beneath the arachnoid investing the ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"It is a curious circumstance, and one which is worthy of consideration, that in the left cerebral hemisphere the Sylvian fissure or the lower boundary of ..."

4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"The Gyri and Sulci on the Mesial Aspect of the cerebral hemisphere. r. Fissure of Rolando ; ro Rostral sulcus ; it Incisura ..."

5. A Text-book of Human Physiology by Austin Flint (1888)
"The occipital lobe lies below the parieto-occipital fis- Fio. 228.—Diagram of the internal surface of the right cerebral hemisphere, shown in a longitudinal ..."

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