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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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Definition that contains encephalon
- hypothalamus a basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system
- neocortex the cortical part of the neencephalon
- thalamus large egg-shaped structures of grey matter that form the dorsal subdivision of the diencephalon
- diencephalon the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
- piriform lobe pear-shaped neural structure on either side of the brain in the rhinencephalon
- thalmencephalon the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
- foramen of monro the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere
- neopallium the cortical part of the neencephalon
- third eye a sensory structure capable of light reception located on the dorsal side of the diencephalon in various reptiles
- interventricular foramen the small opening (on both the right and left sides) that connects the third ventricle in the diencephalon with the lateral ventricle in the cerebral hemisphere