prosencephalon

pros·en·ceph·a·lon

P0607300 (prŏs′ĕn-sĕf′ə-lŏn′)n. The forebrain.

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pros′en·ce·phal′ic (-sə-făl′ĭk) adj.

prosencephalon

(ˌprɒsɛnˈsɛfəlɒn) n, pl -la (-lə) (Anatomy) the part of the brain that develops from the anterior portion of the neural tube. Nontechnical name: forebrain Compare mesencephalon, rhombencephalon[C19: from New Latin, from Greek prosō forward + enkephalos brain] prosencephalic adj

pros•en•ceph•a•lon

(ˌprɒs ɛnˈsɛf əˌlɒn, -lən)

n., pl. -lons, -la (-lə). the forebrain. [1840–50; < Greek pros- to, toward + enképhalon encephalon] pros`en•ce•phal′ic (-səˈfæl ɪk) adj.

prosencephalon

the forebrain. — prosencephalies, adj.See also: Brain

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prosencephalon - the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tubeforebrainneural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systemcerebral peduncle, peduncle - a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brainbrain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cordcorpus callosum - a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispherestelencephalon - the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamusbetweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon

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