US Medical Term · anatomy
Cerebrum
Cerebro
In 9 languages
| Language | Term |
|---|---|
| English | Cerebrum |
| Spanish (Español) | Cerebro |
| Chinese (中文) | 大腦 |
| Korean (한국어) | 대뇌 |
| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) | Đại não |
| Filipino (Tagalog) | Serebrum |
| Portuguese (Português) | Cérebro |
| Thai (ภาษาไทย) | สมองใหญ่ |
| Japanese (日本語) | 大脳 |
What it means
The cerebrum is the largest part of your brain, filling most of the skull. It controls your thoughts, memory, speech, emotions, and voluntary movements like walking and picking up objects. The cerebrum is divided into two halves called hemispheres, and each half is divided into four lobes: frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital. The right hemisphere generally controls the left side of your body, and the left hemisphere controls the right side. Doctors may refer to the cerebrum when discussing strokes, tumors, or injuries that affect thinking, movement, or speech. Damage to different areas produces different symptoms depending on location.
How to say it
Sentences a patient might use with a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or insurer:
My neurologist said the stroke affected the left side of my cerebrum.
Mi neurólogo dijo que el derrame cerebral afectó el lado izquierdo del cerebro.
The MRI showed a lesion in my cerebrum that might explain my memory problems.
La resonancia magnética mostró una lesión en el cerebro que podría explicar mis problemas de memoria.
Is the tumor located in the cerebrum or in another part of the brain?
¿El tumor está en el cerebro o en otra parte del encéfalo?
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Last reviewed: September 2026