Two smaller divisions of the prosencephalon are the diencephalon and telencephalon. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
It refers to an incomplete or absent division of prosencephalon (forebrain) into the distinct cerebral hemispheres. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
The original fore-brain is often called the thalamencephalon, the hemisphere, the prosencephalon, the olfactory lobes, the rhinencephalon. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
These are marked off from each other by intervening constrictions, and are named the fore-brain or prosencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the hind-brain or rhombencephalon—the last being continuous with the medulla spinalis. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System] Reference
In its early embryonic condition it consists of three hollow vesicles, termed the hind-brain or rhombencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the fore-brain or prosencephalon; and the parts derived from each of these can be recognized in the adult (Fig. 677). From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4. The Brain or Encephalon] Reference
The cephalic end of the neural groove exhibits several dilatations, which, when the tube is closed, assume the form of three vesicles; these constitute the three primary cerebral vesicles, and correspond respectively to the future fore-brain (prosencephalon), mid-brain (mesencephalon), and hind-brain (rhombencephalon) (Fig. 18). From Wordnik.com. [I. Embryology. 6. The Neural Groove and Tube] Reference
The fore-brain or prosencephalon consists of: (1) the diencephalon, corresponding in a large measure to the third ventricle and the structures which bound it; and (2) the telencephalon, comprising the largest part of the brain, viz., the cerebral hemispheres; these hemispheres are intimately connected with each other across the middle line, and each contains a large cavity, named the lateral ventricle. From Wordnik.com. [IX. Neurology. 4c. The Fore-brain or Prosencephalon] Reference
It turns the prosencephalon into mere punk. From Wordnik.com. [Frenzied Fiction] Reference
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