hindbrainn.
/ˈhʌɪn(d)breɪn/, U.S. /ˈhaɪn(d)ˌbreɪn/ Anatomy.
The cerebellum (now rare or disused). In later use: the part of the brain that develops from the most posterior of the three cerebral vesicles of the embryonic neural tube, including the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata; = rhombencephalon n. Cf. fore-brain n. at fore- prefix 2a(b), midbrain n. at mid adj., n.1, and adv.2 Compounds 1a(b).
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1715 J. Delacoste tr. H. Boerhaave Aphorisms 41 The Wounds of the little or hind Brain called Cerebellum.
1856 Q. Rev. Oct. 256/2 The fore-brain or cerebral hemispheres, the mid-brain or encephalic ganglia, and the hind-brain or cerebellum.
1864 T. H. Huxley in Med. Times & Gaz. 27 Feb. 229/1 The entire encephalon is capable of division into three principal parts:—1. The fore-brain..; 2. The mid-brain... 3. The hind-brain, the cerebellum, pons Varolii, and medulla oblongata.
1913 J. W. Jenkinson Vertebr. Embryol. vii. 158 The hind-brain gives rise to the medulla oblongata and cerebellum, its cavity becomes the fourth ventricle.
1986 G. Benford & D. Brin Heart of Comet (1987) iii. 192 When he's finished mapping your lobes, dipped into your hindbrain, plumbed the reptilian core of you.
2006 D. Max Family that couldn't Sleep (2007) ii. ix. 140 The thalamus..appears to have a role in emotions as well as in monitoring and controlling signals that go from the hindbrain..to the rest of the brain.
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