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rhombencephalon
[ rom-ben-sef-uh-lon, -luhn ]
noun
Anatomy.
plural rhombencephalons, rhombencephala
- the hindbrain.
rhombencephalon
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noun
- the part of the brain that develops from the posterior portion of the embryonic neural tube and comprises the cerebellum, pons, and the medulla oblongata Nontechnical namehindbrain Compare mesencephalon prosencephalon
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rhombencephalon1
From German, dating back to 1895–1900; rhomb, encephalon
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of rhombencephalon1
C20: from rhombus + encephalon
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A constriction also occurs in the hind vesicle or rhombencephalon, dividing it into an anterior part, the metencephalon, from which the cerebellum is developed, and a posterior or myelencephalon, the primitive medulla oblongata.
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The single cavity seen in Amphioxus is here subdivided into three: an anterior or prosencephalon, a middle or mesencephalon, and a hinder or rhombencephalon.
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