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Definition of Hindbrain

Hindbrain
Hindbrain Hind"brain`, n. [Hind, adj. + brain.] (Anat.) The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon only.

Meaning of Hindbrain from wikipedia

- The hindbrain, rhombencephalon (shaped like a rhombus) or lower brain is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system in vertebrates...
- of the forebrain (prosencephalon), the midbrain (mesencephalon), and hindbrain (rhombencephalon) are the three primary brain vesicles during the early...
- efferent -Hindbrain NCCs (from r4 into 2nd PA), 1st epibranchial placode -1st epibranchial placode (geniculate) -Hindbrain NCCs (2nd PA) -Hindbrain NCCs (2nd...
- subdivided into telencephalon and diencephalon), midbrain (mesencephalon) and hindbrain (rhombencephalon, subdivided into metencephalon and myelencephalon). The...
- during the maturation of the rhombencephalon, also referred to as the hindbrain. The bulb is an archaic term for the medulla oblongata. In modern clinical...
- transiently divided segment of the developing neural tube, within the hindbrain region (a neuromere) in the area that will eventually become the rhombencephalon...
- diencephalon (thalamus, hypothalamus, etc.), while caudally it adjoins the hindbrain (pons, medulla and cerebellum). In the rostral direction, the midbrain...
- The metencephalon is the embryonic part of the hindbrain that differentiates into the pons and the cerebellum. It contains a portion of the fourth ventricle...
- cerebellar hemispheres. The pons and medulla oblongata are parts of the hindbrain that form much of the brainstem. Cross-section of the middle pons (at...
- Pineal gland Midbrain Tectum, Cerebral peduncle, Pretectum, Mesencephalic duct Hindbrain Metencephalon Pons, Cerebellum, Myelencephalon Medulla oblongata...