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prosencephalon

NOUN
  1. the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube

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  • In its early embryonic condition it consists of three hollow vesicles, termed the hind-brain or rhombencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the fore-brain or prosencephalon; and the parts derived from each of these can be recognized in the adult (Fig. 677). IX. Neurology. 4. The Brain or Encephalon
  • The original fore-brain is often called the thalamencephalon, the hemisphere, the prosencephalon, the olfactory lobes, the rhinencephalon. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • _ -- About the middle of the first month of intra-uterine life the prosencephalon bends acutely forward over the end of the notochord and sends out from its base a series of processes, which ultimately blend to form the face (Fig. 231). Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
  • It refers to an incomplete or absent division of prosencephalon (forebrain) into the distinct cerebral hemispheres. BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • The neural tube is broad and divides flaccidly into three parts: an anterior prosencephalon, a middle mesencephalon, and a posterior rhombencephalon.
  • All this may therefore be referred to as the prosencephalon {pros'en-sef'uh-lon; "forebrain" G). The Human Brain
  • The fore-brain or prosencephalon consists of: (1) the diencephalon, corresponding in a large measure to the third ventricle and the structures which bound it; and (2) the telencephalon, comprising the largest part of the brain, viz., the cerebral hemispheres; these hemispheres are intimately connected with each other across the middle line, and each contains a large cavity, named the lateral ventricle. IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon
  • These are marked off from each other by intervening constrictions, and are named the fore-brain or prosencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the hind-brain or rhombencephalon—the last being continuous with the medulla spinalis. IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System
  • In its early embryonic condition it consists of three hollow vesicles, termed the hind-brain or rhombencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the fore-brain or prosencephalon; and the parts derived from each of these can be recognized in the adult (Fig. 677). IX. Neurology. 4. The Brain or Encephalon
  • However, at later stages, the specification of the prosencephalon and the mesencephalon remains defective.
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