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Definition of Rhinencephalon
1. Noun. A center in the cerebral hemispheres that governs the sense of smell in lower animals; in humans it seems to mediate complex emotional behavior.
Generic synonyms: Center, Centre, Nerve Center, Nerve Centre
Terms within: Piriform Area, Piriform Lobe, Pyriform Area, Pyriform Lobe, Olfactory Bulb
Definition of Rhinencephalon
1. n. The division of the brain in front of the prosencephalon, consisting of the two olfactory lobes from which the olfactory nerves arise.
Definition of Rhinencephalon
1. Noun. (anatomy) The part of the brain involved with olfaction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rhinencephalon
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Medical Definition of Rhinencephalon
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Origin: NL, fr. Gr, the nose + the brain.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhinencephalon
Literary usage of Rhinencephalon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"CHAPTER XVII THE rhinencephalon THE olfactory portions of the cerebral hemisphere
may all be grouped together under the name ..."
2. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"rhinencephalon. The rhinencephalon embraces : (a) the peripheral division and (£)
the central or cortical division. The peripheral division includes the ..."
3. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"rhinencephalon. The rhinencephalon embraces : (a) the peripheral division and (<$)
the central or cortical division. The peripheral division includes the ..."
4. Brain and Spinal Cord: A Manual for the Study of the Morphology and Fibre by Emil Villiger (1918)
"rhinencephalon. The rhinencephalon embraces : (a) the peripheral division and (b)
the central or cortical division. The peripheral division includes the ..."
5. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"Although superficially continuous with the hippocampal gyrus, the uncus forms
morphologically a part of the rhinencephalon. The Hippocampal Fissure (fissura ..."
6. Anatomy of the Brain and Spinal Cord: With Special Reference to Mechanism by Harris Ellett Santee (1907)
"rhinencephalon.—The smelling brain belongs to the basal surface. ... The pars
anterior of the rhinencephalon embraces, first, the olfactory lobe, ..."
7. Morris's Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise by English and by Henry Morris, James Playfair McMurrich (1907)
"The rhinencephalon.—The rhinencephalon or olfactory brain includes those portions
of the cerebral hemisphere which are chiefly concerned as the central ..."
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