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metencephalon

NOUN
  1. the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum

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  • The cerebellum is developed by a thickening of the roof, and the pons by a thickening in the floor and lateral walls of the metencephalon. IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System
  • It is customary to divide the rest of the hind-brain into two parts, viz., an upper, called the metencephalon, and a lower, the myelencephalon. IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System
  • The pons is developed from the ventro-lateral wall of the metencephalon by a process similar to that which has been described for the medulla oblongata. IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System
  • Developmentally considered, the fourth ventricle consists of three parts: a superior belonging to the isthmus rhombencephali, an intermediate, to the metencephalon, and an inferior, to the myelencephalon. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
  • The cerebellum (metencephalon) consists of a central mass, the vermis (v. cbm.), and it also has lateral lobes (l.l.), prolonged into flocculi (f. cbm.), which lastare - em-bedded in pits, [in] the periotic bone, and on that account render the extraction of the brain from the cranium far more difficult than it would otherwise be. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • It consists of (a) the myelencephalon, comprising the medulla oblongata and the lower part of the fourth ventricle; (b) the metencephalon, consisting of the pons, cerebellum, and the intermediate part of the fourth ventricle; and (c) the isthmus rhombencephali, a constricted portion immediately adjoining the mid-brain and including the superior peduncles of the cerebellum, the anterior medullary velum, and the upper part of the fourth ventricle. IX. Neurology. 4a. The Hind-brain or Rhombencephalon
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