Body of corpus callosum
Truncus corporis callosi
- Synonym: Truncus of corpus callosum
- Related terms: Trunk; Trunk of corpus callosum; Trunk of corpus callosum - Corpus callosum
Definition
The trunk or truncus (also called” body”) is the portion of corpus callosum between the “genu” and the “splenium” of corpus callosum.
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
