hindbrain

hind·brain  (hndbrn)

n.

1. The portion of the embryonic brain from which the metencephalon and myelencephalon develop.

2. The lower or hind region of the adult brain comprising the pons and medulla oblongata.

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hindbrain [ˈhaɪndˌbreɪn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the nontechnical name for rhombencephalon

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hindbrain  (hndbrn)

The rearmost part of the vertebrate brain. In humans, it consists of the pons and the medulla oblongata. Compare forebrainmidbrain

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Noun

1.

hindbrain - the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem rhombencephalon neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord metencephalon - the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum cerebellum - a major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans myelencephalon - the posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults