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nounthat part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
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Parts of encephalon
- "brain-stem"
- "brain cell"
- "brain stem"
- "brainstem"
- "arteria communicans"
- "neencephalon"
- "neoencephalon"
- "prosencephalon"
- "rhombencephalon"
- "ventricle"
- "circle of willis"
- "communicating artery"
- "forebrain"
- "hindbrain"
- "mesencephalon"
- "midbrain"