afterbrain
Noun
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Noun
afterbrain (plural afterbrains)
- (anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
- 1904, Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker, Text-book of Human Physiology:
- Below the hindbrain, in the vicinity of the afterbrain, the spinal furrow does not close, and there remains here an open passage-way to the contiguous lower portion.
- 1961, Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction - Volume 68:
- From the evolutionary standpoint, the afterbrain will never develop if the forebrain makes all of the decisions.
- 2012, Victoria Wells, G. R. Foxall, Handbook of Developments in Consumer Behaviour:
- The division in the fore-, middle- and afterbrain is based on the development of the human brain during the embryogenesis.
- 1904, Leonard Landois, Albert Philson Brubaker, Text-book of Human Physiology:
- German: Markhirn
- Italian: mielencefalo
- Spanish: mielencéfalo
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