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Descriptor English: Corpus Callosum
Descriptor Spanish: Cuerpo Calloso
Descriptor cuerpo calloso
Scope note: Lámina ancha y densa de fibras mielínicas que interconecta recíprocamente regiones del córtex en ambos lóbulos con las correspondientes regiones del hemisferio opuesto. El cuerpo calloso está ubicado en el fondo de la fisura longitudinal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Corpo Caloso
Descriptor French: Corps calleux
Entry term(s): Callosum, Corpus
Callosums, Corpus
Commissure, Interhemispheric
Commissure, Neocortical
Commissures, Interhemispheric
Commissures, Neocortical
Corpus Callosums
Interhemispheric Commissure
Interhemispheric Commissures
Neocortical Commissure
Neocortical Commissures
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.200.885.800.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003337
Scope note: Broad plate of dense myelinated fibers that reciprocally interconnect regions of the cortex in all lobes with corresponding regions of the opposite hemisphere. The corpus callosum is located deep in the longitudinal fissure.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Combination: abnormalities:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
DeCS ID: 3353
Unique ID: D003337
NLM Classification: WL 307
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Corpus Callosum - Preferred
Concept UI M0005206
Scope note Broad plate of dense myelinated fibers that reciprocally interconnect regions of the cortex in all lobes with corresponding regions of the opposite hemisphere. The corpus callosum is located deep in the longitudinal fissure.
Preferred term Corpus Callosum
Entry term(s) Callosum, Corpus
Callosums, Corpus
Commissure, Interhemispheric
Commissure, Neocortical
Commissures, Interhemispheric
Commissures, Neocortical
Corpus Callosums
Interhemispheric Commissure
Interhemispheric Commissures
Neocortical Commissure
Neocortical Commissures



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