Preferred Name |
Corpus Callosum |
ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12446 |
ALT_DEFINITION |
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. A white matter structure within the cleft that separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres in the mammalian brain. It is composed of a wide, flat bundle of 200-250 million axonal projections. (NCI) the main neocortical commissure of the cerebral hemispheres; it is subdivided into a genu, a rostrum, a body, and a splenium. |
code |
C12446 |
Concept_In_Subset |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410 http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259 |
Contributing_Source |
CDISC NICHD |
DEFINITION |
A white matter structure within the cleft that separates the left and right cerebral hemispheres in the mammalian brain. It is composed of a wide, flat bundle of 200-250 million axonal projections. |
Display_Name |
Corpus Callosum |
Has_NICHD_Parent | |
label |
Corpus Callosum |
Legacy_Concept_Name |
Corpus_Callosum |
NICHD_Hierarchy_Term |
Corpus Callosum |
Preferred_Name |
Corpus Callosum |
prefixIRI |
C12446 |
prefLabel |
Corpus Callosum |
Semantic_Type |
Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component |
UMLS_CUI |
C0010090 |
subClassOf |