contralateral
IPA: kˈɑntrʌɫˈætɝʌɫ
noun
- (especially in plural) The opposite side of the body
adjective
- On the opposite side of the body.
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Examples of "contralateral" in Sentences
- This is an example of a contralateral response.
- Contralateral homonymous hemianopsia is often present.
- Incisura of the crus due to contralateral brain tumor.
- The contralateral side served as a within animal control.
- Thus a lesion of the trochlear nucleus affects the contralateral eye.
- It then ascends to the contralateral sensory cortex via three neurons.
- Thus a lesion of the trochlear nucleus affects the 'contralateral' eye.
- Lesions, therefore, result in a contralateral hemiparesis or hemiplegia.
- The lateral corticospinal tract controls movement of contralateral limbs.
- The table below shows that each of the nuclei have a complicated arrangement of ipsilateral and contralateral afferent inputs and outputs.