Corpus callosum
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| Brain: Corpus calluposum | ||
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| Corpus callosum from below. (Anterior portion is at the top of the image.) | ||
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| Median sagittal section of brain (person faces to the left). Corpus callosum visible at center, in light gray.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #189 828 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-173 | |
| MeSH | Corpus+Callosum | |
The corpus callosum (call ō sum) is the largest connective pathway in a human brain. It is made of more than 200 million nerve fibers that connect the left and right sides (hemispheres) of the brain.
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