1) Afterbrain
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1) Hindbrain 2) Rhombencephalon
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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). == Embryolog...
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• (n.) The posterior part of the brain, including the medulla; the afterbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to meten.
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(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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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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Type: Term Pronunciation: met′en-sef′ă-lon Definitions: 1. 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.
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(met;en-sef;ua-lon) The most superior portion of the hindbrain that contains the cerebellum and the pons.
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n] - the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
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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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noun the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum
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Greek meta = beside, behind, or after, and enkephalos = brain; hence the parts of the hindbrain immediately caudal to the fore- and midbrain, namely the pons and cerebellum.
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subdivision of the hindbrain, which includes the cerebellum and pons
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