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| Brain: Metencephalon | ||
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| Diagram depicting the main subdivisions of the embryonic vertebrate brain. These regions will later differentiate into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain structures. | ||
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| Pons and cerebellum. | ||
| Gray's | subject #187 785 | |
| NeuroNames | hier-534 | |
| MeSH | Metencephalon | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_12/12529123 | |
The metencephalon is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system. The metencephalon is composed of the pons and the cerebellum; contains a portion of the fourth ventricle; and the trigeminal nerve (CN V), abducens nerve (CN VI), facial nerve (CN VII), and a portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII).
See also
List of regions in the human brain
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