cerebral hemisphere

cerebral hemisphere
One half of the cerebrum, the part of the brain that controls muscle functions and also controls speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning. The right hemisphere controls the muscles on the left side of the body, and the left hemisphere controls the muscles on the right side of the body.

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  • cerebral hemisphere — n either of the two hollow convoluted lateral halves of the cerebrum * * * one of the two paired halves of the cerebrum. * * * hemispherium cerebri …   Medical dictionary

  • cerebral hemisphere — n. either of the two lateral halves of the cerebrum …   English World dictionary

  • Cerebral hemisphere — Brain: Cerebral hemisphere The human brain as viewed from above, showing the cerebral hemis. The anterior aspect (front) of the brain is to the right. Latin Hemisphaerium cerebri Code TA …   Wikipedia

  • cerebral hemisphere — noun either half of the cerebrum • Syn: ↑hemisphere • Derivationally related forms: ↑hemispheric (for: ↑hemisphere), ↑hemispherical (for: ↑hemisphere) …   Useful english dictionary

  • cerebral hemisphere — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms cerebral hemisphere : singular cerebral hemisphere plural cerebral hemispheres medical one of the two halves of the front part of your brain …   English dictionary

  • cerebral hemisphere — noun Date: 1816 either of the two hollow convoluted lateral halves of the cerebrum see brain illustration …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • cerebral hemisphere — either of the rounded halves of the cerebrum of the brain, divided laterally by a deep fissure and connected at the bottom by the corpus callosum. Cf. left brain, right brain. [1810 20] * * * …   Universalium

  • cerebral hemisphere — noun One of the two regions of the brain that are delineated by the bodys median plane …   Wiktionary

  • cerebral hemisphere — half of the brain, one side of the brain …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cerebral hemisphere — one of the two paired halves of the cerebrum …   The new mediacal dictionary

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