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Also known as rhombencephalon; one of three swellings that appears a few weeks after conception at the head end of the human neural tube.
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Located at the very front of the developing brain; will become the cerebral hemispheres.
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Also known as proensephalon; one of three swellings that appears a few weeks after conception at the head end of the human neural tube.
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The "little brain" that develops from the metencephalon, one of two divisions of the hindbrain.
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Also known as mesencephalon; one of three swellings that appears a few weeks after conception at the head end of the human neural tube.
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The part of the forebrain that will become the thalamus and the hypothalamus.
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Develops from the metencephalon, one of two divisions of the hindbrain.
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Develops from the myelencephalon, one of two divisions of the hindbrain.
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In a very young embryo of a vertebrate, this constitutes what will become the CNS; its walls are made of cells, and the interior is filled with fluid.
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Develop from the telencephalon and appear at the very front of the developing brain.
Hindbrain
Telencephalon
Forebrain
Cerebellum
Midbrain
Diencephalon
Pons
Medulla
Neural tube
Cerebral hemisphere
Textbook Reference: The Nervous System Extends throughout the Body