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cerebellar hemisphere

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hemisphere /hemi·sphere/ (hem´ĭ-sfēr) half of a spherical or roughly spherical structure or organ.
cerebellar hemisphere  either of two lobes of the cerebellum lateral to the vermis.
cerebral hemisphere  one of the paired structures forming the bulk of the human brain, which together comprise the cerebral cortex, centrum semiovale, basal ganglia, and rhinencephalon, and contain the lateral ventricles.
dominant hemisphere  that cerebral hemisphere which is more concerned than the other in the integration of sensations and the control of voluntary functions.

cerebellar hemisphere
n.
Either of the two lobes of the cerebellum lateral to the vermis cerebelli.


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These lesions involved the supra- and the infratentorial compartments, with the largest lesion in the left cerebellar hemisphere (Figure 1A).
The operative field is more extensive than that achieved with other approaches; it extends from the cerebellar hemisphere to the extradural ventral upper cervical spine, and it provides access to tissue outside the spinal canal, such as the ventral strap muscles.
[1] If there is damage to only one cerebellar hemisphere, the resultant symptoms will manifest on the side of the body ipsilateral to the lesion.
 
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