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Definition of Myelencephalon
1. Noun. The posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates; forms the medulla oblongata in adults.
Definition of Myelencephalon
1. n. The brain and spinal cord; the cerebro-spinal axis; the neuron. Sometimes abbreviated to myelencephal.
Definition of Myelencephalon
1. Noun. (neuroanatomy) The portion of the brain composed of the medulla oblongata. ¹
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Definition of Myelencephalon
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Myelencephalon
Literary usage of Myelencephalon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"All this part of the brain formed by the myelencephalon and metencephalon lies
caudad of (behind) the rest of the brain and is marked off from it by a great ..."
2. A Laboratory Manual and Text-book of Embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1915)
"A, through the upper cervical region of the spinal cord in a 10 mm. human embryo;
B, through the caudal end of the myelencephalon of the same. ..."
3. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"... the brain roof changes from the thickened condition characteristic of the
metencephalon to the thin condition characteristic of the myelencephalon. ..."
4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"myelencephalon of Fishes.—In the cold-blooded Vertebrates the proportion of the
mass-form, or centres, to the thread-form, or conductors, of the nervous ..."
5. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... has neither the antero-lateral nor the posterior regions of the cerebrum more
developed than in bony fishes generally. § 53. myelencephalon of Reptiles. ..."
6. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"myelencephalon. MEDULLA OBLONGATA. The upper boundary of the medulla oblongata
is marked ventrally by the inferior edge of the pons and dorsally by the ..."
7. Anatomy of the brain and spinal cord with special reference to mechanism and by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"RHOMBENCEPHALON. SECTION III. THE MEDULLA OBLONGATA. (myelencephalon.) Situation.—The
medulla oblongata is the distal, or caudal part of the brain (Figs. ..."
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