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n. - The posterior part of the hindbrain in developing vertebrates.

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  • It is customary to divide the rest of the hind-brain into two parts, viz., an upper, called the metencephalon, and a lower, the myelencephalon.
  • On transverse section the myelencephalon at an early stage is seen to consist of two lateral walls, connected across the middle line by floor - and roof-plates (Figs....
  • Developmentally considered, the fourth ventricle consists of three parts: a superior belonging to the isthmus rhombencephali, an intermediate, to the metencephalon, and an...
  • It consists of (a) the myelencephalon, comprising the medulla oblongata and the lower part of the fourth ventricle; (b) the metencephalon, consisting of the pons,...
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