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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The hindbrain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The area of brain-substance which surrounds the fourth ventricle.
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- noun anatomy The
hindbrain .
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- noun the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
Etymologies
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The cephalic end of the neural groove exhibits several dilatations, which, when the tube is closed, assume the form of three vesicles; these constitute the three primary cerebral vesicles, and correspond respectively to the future fore-brain (prosencephalon), mid-brain (mesencephalon), and hind-brain (rhombencephalon) (Fig. 18).
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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).
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The hind-brain or rhombencephalon occupies the posterior fossa of the cranial cavity and lies below a fold of dura mater, the tentorium cerebelli.
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