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Definition of Cerebral hemisphere
1. Noun. Either half of the cerebrum.
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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cerebral Hemisphere
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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