The corpus callosum, containing
over 200 million axons, fans out
into each hemisphere.
It is the largest tract of neurons
in the nervous system.
The limbic system, or
paleomammalian brain, is
located on either side of the
thalamus (under the cerebrum).
The term originated in the 1940s
and is grounded in out-of-date
concepts of brain anatomy.
A better way of categorising the
brain is due to the layout of the
embryo's neural tube.
A human embryo at 5 to 8 weeks
is shown.