Encephalon: alternatives and connections

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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The anterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the prosencephalon and thalamencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the prosenceph…

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The posterior of the three principal divisions of the brain, including the epencephalon and metencephalon. Sometimes restricted to the epencephalon o…

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The middle segment of the brain; the midbrain. Sometimes abbreviated to mesen. See Brain.

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The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.

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The anterior segment of the brain, including the cerebrum and olfactory lobes; the forebrain.

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A cavity, or one of the cavities, of an organ, as of the larynx or the brain; specifically, the posterior chamber, or one of the two posterior chambe…

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The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

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