HindbrainWordNet Explorer
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noun
the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
Words in this synset: rhombencephalon
noun
a structure that is part of the nervous system
noun
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
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the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
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a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans
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the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults