- Cerebral hemispheres also called the Telencephalon.
- It is made up of the right and left hemispheres and is the largest portion of the brain.
- Higher cognitive tasks include understanding touch, vision, hearing, speech, reasoning, emotions, learning, and fine motor control, among others.
- The cerebrum has an outer layer of grey matter, known as the cerebral cortex, which surrounds the inner layer of white matter.
- The temporal lobe is divided from the frontal and parietal lobes by the lateral central fissure, also known as the Sylvius fissure.
- The two hemispheres are divided by a longitudinal cerebral fissure.
- The frontal lobe and parietal lobe are divided by the central sulcus.
- White matter: Centrally situated myelinated nerve fibres.
