hindbrain /hind·brain/ (hīnd´brān) rhombencephalon.
hindbrain
rhombencephalon [rom″ben-sef´ah-lon]
hind·brain (h nd br n )n. See rhombencephalon. |
hindbrain
[hīnd′brān]
Etymology: ME, hind + AS, bragen
the division in the brain of an embryo that eventually becomes the pons, the medulla oblongata, and the cerebellum.
rhombencephalon [rom″ben-sef´ah-lon]
1. the portion of the brain developed from the most caudal of the three primary brain vesicles of the early embryo, comprising the metencephalon and myelencephalon.
2. the most caudal of the three primary vesicles formed in embryonic development of the brain, which later divides into the metencephalon and the myelencephalon. Called also hindbrain.
hindbrain
the rhombencephalon, the portion of the brain developed from the most caudal of the three primary brain vesicles of the early embryo, comprising the metencephalon (cerebellum and pons) and myelencephalon (medulla).
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