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corpus callosum, bundle of nerve fibres in the longitudinal fissure of the brain that enables corresponding regions of the left and right cerebral hemispheres to communicate. The axons and dendrites of the neurons in the corpus callosum synapse with cortical neurons on symmetrically related points of the hemispheres. Thus, electrical stimulation of a point on one hemisphere usually gives rise to a response on a symmetrically related point on the other, by virtue of these callosal connections. The neurons in the corpus callosum also are insulated by a myelin sheath, which facilitates the rapid conduction of electrical impulses between the ...(100 of 211 words)

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