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Definition of Encephalon
1. Noun. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord.
Terms within: Circle Of Willis, Arteria Communicans, Communicating Artery, Brain Cell, Neencephalon, Neoencephalon, Forebrain, Prosencephalon, Mesencephalon, Midbrain, Hindbrain, Rhombencephalon, Brain Stem, Brain-stem, Brainstem, Ventricle
Generic synonyms: Neural Structure
Group relationships: Central Nervous System, Cns, Systema Nervosum Centrale, Caput, Head
Derivative terms: Brain, Brain
Definition of Encephalon
1. n. The contents of the cranium; the brain.
Definition of Encephalon
1. Noun. (neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; the brain. ¹
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Definition of Encephalon
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Medical Definition of Encephalon
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Literary usage of Encephalon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of human physiology: Designed for the Use of Practitioners and by Austin Flint (1881)
"TUE anatomy of the encephalon is so complex, that it can be treated of -with ...
We have seen, also, that the centres of the encephalon may bo concerned in ..."
2. The Physiology of Man: Designed to Represent the Existing State of by Austin Flint (1873)
"THE' anatomy of the encephalon is so complex, that it can be treated of with
advantage only by a very minute and carefully-illustrated description, ..."
3. An American Text-book of Physiology by William Henry Howell (1900)
"P. COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE DIVISIONS OF THE encephalon. For the better
comprehension of the conditions found in man and the monkeys, ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"encephalon, its primary divisions.—The encephalon, or brain, of Mammals, 45 like
that of lower Vertebrates, Tur-( tie, fig. 45 (vol. i., Shark, fig. ..."
5. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic Delivered at King's by Thomas Watson, David Francis Condie (1855)
"Why these are instances of acute inflammation of the whole contents of the
cranium ; of the brain and its membranes : of the encephalon in short ; and, ..."
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