The end part of the corpus callosum, towards the cerebellum, is called the splenium. This is the thickest part, and overlaps the tela choroidea of the third ventricle and the midbrain, and ends in a thick, convex, free border. Splenium translates as "bandage" in Greek. The trunk of the corpus callosum lies between the splenium and the genu.

The splenium of the corpus callosum is the most posterior part of the corpus callosum. Its embryological development, anatomy, vascularization, function, imaging of pathology, possible pathophysiological mechanisms by which pathology may develop and ...

Sep 24, 2024 · The corpus callosum (plural: corpora callosa) is the largest of the commissural fibers, linking the cerebral cortex of the left and right cerebral hemispheres. It is the largest white matter tract in the brain.

Mar 14, 2025 · Cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) represent a collection of disparate conditions that can cause signal change in the corpus callosum, usually involving the splenium.

The splenium is a name of the posterior part of the corpus callosum (CC). In Greek this word means a bandage strip tied around an injury or a damaged part of someone's body.

Mar 26, 2025 · The splenium is the thick, posterior part that tapers away caudally. It connects the visual and occipital cortices, through the forceps major (occipital forceps). There are also other white matter fibres projecting rostral to the forceps major, which are known as the tapetum.

The splenium (Greek for bandage or patch) is the most dorsal and thickest part of the corpus callosum (CC) and connects occipital, parietal as well as inferior and medial temporal cortex regions . On sagittal anatomical sections on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the splenium may seem inseparable from the CC at first glance .

The development, location, fiber composition and vascularization of the splenium make it vulnerable to specific pathological processes. It appears to play an important role in consciousness.

May 1, 2020 · The majority of pathology, known to affect the splenium, and the clinical effects are described in three subsections: (A) limited to the sple nium, with elaboration on pathoph ysiology of reve ...

Background and purpose The splenium of the corpus callosum is the most posterior part of the corpus callosum. Its embryo-logical development, anatomy, vascularization, function, imaging of pathology, possible pathophysiological mechanisms by which pathology may develop and the clinical consequences are discussed.