Rhombencephalon

Introduction: Rhombencephalon

Description of Rhombencephalon

Rhombencephalon: [TA] That part of the developing brain that is the most caudal of the three primary vesicles of the embryonic neural tube; secondarily divided into metencephalon and myelencephalon; the rhombencephalon includes the pons, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata. SYN: hindbrain [TA], hindbrain vesicle*. [rhombo- + G. enkephalos, brain]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Rhombencephalon: the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Rhombencephalon: part of the brain developed from the posterior of the three primary brain vesicles of the embryonic neural tube; it comprises the metencephalon (cerebellum and pons) and myelencephalon (medulla oblongata).
Source: CRISP

Rhombencephalon: That part of the brain stem constituting the MEDULLA OBLONGATA (myelencephalon) and PONS (metencephalon).
Source: MESH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

Rhombencephalon: That part of the brain stem constituting the MEDULLA OBLONGATA (myelencephalon) and PONS (metencephalon).
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Rhombencephalon:

Terms Similar to Rhombencephalon:

• hindbrain

Source - WordNet 2.1

• hind brain
• hindbrain

Source - MeSH OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Hindbrain

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Rhombencephalon:

• Medulla Oblongata
• Raphe Nuclei
• Metencephalon

Source - MeSH 2007

• cerebellum
• medulla oblongata
• pons
• reticular formation

Source - CRISP

• metencephalon

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Rhombencephalon

• Brain Stem

Source - MeSH 2007

• brain stem

Source - CRISP

• neural structure

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Rhombencephalon can be used for:

• hind brain
• hindbrain
• metencephalon
• myelencephalon

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Rhombencephalon

The following list attempts to classify Rhombencephalon into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• neural structure
• anatomical structure,bodily structure,body structure,complex body part,structure
• body part
• part,piece
• thing
• entity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nervous System
  • Central Nervous System
    • Brain
      • Brain Stem
        • Rhombencephalon

MESH - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• brain stem
• brain
• central nervous system
• nervous system
• Anatomy

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