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spleniumnoun
The rounded posterior extremity of the brain's corpus callosum.
spleniumnoun
A compress or bandage.
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splenium
The corpus callosum (Latin for "tough body"), also callosal commissure, is a wide, thick nerve tract, consisting of a flat bundle of commissural fibers, beneath the cerebral cortex in the brain. The corpus callosum is only found in placental mammals. It spans part of the longitudinal fissure, connecting the left and right cerebral hemispheres, enabling communication between them. It is the largest white matter structure in the human brain, about 10 in (250 mm) in length and consisting of 200–300 million axonal projections.A number of separate nerve tracts, classed as subregions of the corpus callosum, connect different parts of the hemispheres. The main ones are known as the genu, the rostrum, the trunk or body, and the splenium.
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Spleniumnoun
the thickened posterior border of the corpus callosum; -- so called in allusion to its shape
Etymology: [L., a plaster, a patch, from Gr. a bandage, compress.]
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Splenium
The posterior end of the corpus callosum is the thickest part, and is termed the splenium. It overlaps the tela chorioidea of the third ventricle and the mid-brain, and ends in a thick, convex, free border. A sagittal section of the splenium shows that the posterior end of the corpus callosum is acutely bent forward, the upper and lower parts being applied to each other.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of splenium in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of splenium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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