Definition of Prosencephala

1. prosencephalon [n] - See also: prosencephalon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosencephala

proselytisms
proselytization
proselytizations
proselytize
proselytized
proselytizer
proselytizers
proselytizes
proselytizing
proseminar
proseminaries
proseminars
proseminary
prosencephala (current term)
prosencephalic
prosencephalon
prosencephalons
prosenchyma
prosentence
prosentential
proser
prosers
proses
prosier
prosiest
prosified
prosifies
prosify

Literary usage of Prosencephala

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"Le corps cannele",' he says, ' forme a lui seul presque tout 1'hemisphere.'1 But he failed to recognise the homology of the prosencephala in Fishes. ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"But he failed to recognise the homology of the prosencephala in Fishes. ... The establishment of the lateral ventricles in the prosencephala of the ..."

3. Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Vertebrate Animals by Richard Owen (1846)
"The prosencephala are distinguished from the optic lobes by their grey ... The large elongated prosencephala are smooth in Polypterus and Lepidosiren (fig. ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... anterior cerebral vesicle, at flrst single, but afterwards divided by a median cleft, becomes the rudiment of the cerebral hemispheres (prosencephala) ..."

5. A Text Book of Physiology by John Gray McKendrick (1889)
"In the outer and under walls of the prosencephala thickenings are formed, which become the corpora ..."

6. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge by Smithsonian Institution (1852)
"The prosencephala differ most: irregularly triangular in shape in both species, their surface in G. viscosus, is raised into three nearly equal hillocks, ..."

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