Anatomy
prosencephalon Audio
pros·en·ceph·a·lon [ pros-en-sef-uh-lon, -luhn ]
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Brain
Definitions related to prosencephalon:
  • (forebrain) Organ component of neuraxis that has as its parts the telencephalon, diencephalon, lateral ventricles and third ventricle. Examples: There is only one forebrain.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • (forebrain) The largest part of the brain composed of the cerebral hemispheres, thalamus, hypothalamus, and the limbic system.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Part of the brain developed from the most rostral of the three primary vesicles of the embryonic neural tube (brain) from which the diencephalon and telencephalon are derived; also called the forebrain.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The anterior of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain arising from the NEURAL TUBE. It subdivides to form DIENCEPHALON and TELENCEPHALON. (Stedmans Medical Dictionary, 27th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Forebrain, region of the developing vertebrate brain; it includes the telencephalon, which contains the cerebral hemispheres, and, under these, the diencephalon, which contains the thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, and subthalamus. The forebrain plays a central role in the processing of...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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