Anatomy
telencephalon Audio
tel·en·ceph·a·lon [ tel-en-sef-uh-lon, -luhn ]
Subclass of:
Prosencephalon
Etymology:
Greek telos = end + enkephalon = brain
Definitions related to telencephalon:
  • Organ component of neuraxis that has as its parts the cerebral cortex, cerebral white matter, basal ganglia, septum and fornix, as well as subcortical gray and white matter structures. There is only one telencephalon.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • Paired cerebral vesicles, which are the anterolateral evaginations of the prosencephalon, together with the median, unpaired portion, the lamina terminalis; from it the cerebral hemispheres are derived.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The anterior subdivision of the embryonic PROSENCEPHALON or the corresponding part of the adult prosencephalon that includes the cerebrum and associated structures.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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