Mesencephalon

Language: English
Pronunciation: mes-en-ceph-alon
Part of Speech: noun

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A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).

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"the middle portion of the brain"

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