cerebrum

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right cerebral hemisphere of the human brain

white matter; cerebrum

cerebellum; human brain

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cerebrum and cerebellum

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cerebrum: References & Edit History

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major reference
- In brain
cranial protection
- In human skeleton: Interior of the cranium
embryological development
- In prenatal development: Brain
function and evolution
- In nervous system: Dominance of the cerebrum
structures of the brain
- In human nervous system: Cerebrum

neurological disorders

In nervous system disease: The cerebrum

apraxia
- In apraxia

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified title of Web site: Mustansiriyah University - Neuroanatomy 10: Cerebrum.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 05, 2024
	Add new Web site: Mustansiriyah University - Neuroanatomy 10: Cerebrum.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: Demo Pressbooks Network - Boundless Anatomy and Physiology - The Cerebrum.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 13, 2024
	Add new Web site: Medicine LibreTexts - The Cerebrum.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: Verywell Health - The Anatomy of the Cerebrum.	Emily Rodriguez	Aug 01, 2023
	Add new Web site: Teach Me Anatomy - The Cerebrum.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 06, 2023
	Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Cerebrum.	Aakanksha Gaur	Mar 17, 2023
	Cross-references added.	Kara Rogers	Feb 06, 2020
	Add new Web site: Inner Body - The Cerebrum.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	May 26, 2017
	Added an image showing white matter pathways of the visual system of the human brain.	Kara Rogers	Mar 08, 2016
	Media added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 13, 2007
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 19, 2005
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999