Look up: metencephalon

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   metencephalon
   [n] - the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
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   Metencephalon
   Met`en·ceph'a·lon noun [ Met- + encephalon .] (Anat.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten .
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   metencephalon
   <anatomy> The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten. ... Origin: Met- + encephalon. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   metencephalon
   noun the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
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   Metencephalon
   The `metencephalon` is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system. The metencephalon is composed of the pons and the cerebellum; contains a portion of the fourth ventricle; and the trigeminal nerve (CN V), abducens nerve (CN VI), facial nerve (CN VII), and a portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII).
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   metencephalon
   (met″en-sef´ә-lon) the anterior part of the rhombencephalon; it is made up of the pons and cerebellum. the anterior of two brain vesicles formed by specialization of the rhombencephalon in the developing embryo.
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   Metencephalon
   • (n.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
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   metencephalon
   metencephalon 1. The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons. 2. The cerebellum and pons of the adult brain.
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   metencephalon
   The anterior of the two major subdivisions of the rhombencephalon (the posterior being the myelencephalon or medulla oblongata), composed of the pons and the cerebellum. [meta- + G. enkephalos, brain]
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