RHOMBENCEPHALON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rhombencephalon mean? 

• RHOMBENCEPHALON (noun)
  The noun RHOMBENCEPHALON has 1 sense:

1. the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem

  Familiarity information: RHOMBENCEPHALON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHOMBENCEPHALON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hindbrain; rhombencephalon

Hypernyms ("rhombencephalon" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "rhombencephalon"):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhombencephalon"):

metencephalon (the part of the hindbrain that develops into the pons and the cerebellum)

Holonyms ("rhombencephalon" is a part of...):

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)

 Context examples 

Develops from the middle of the 3 primary vesicles of the embryonic neural tube, between the prosencephalon and rhombencephalon, later forming the tectum and cerebral peduncles.

(Mesencephalon, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

An irregularly shaped cavity in the rhombencephalon, between the medulla oblongata, the pons, and the isthmus in front, and the cerebellum behind.

(Fourth Ventricle, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)