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Mesencephalon vs Diencephalon - What's the difference?

mesencephalon | diencephalon |

As nouns the difference between mesencephalon and diencephalon

is that mesencephalon is 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) while diencephalon is the region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.

mesencephalon

English

(wikipedia mesencephalon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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).

    • Synonyms

    * midbrain

    Meronyms

    * tectum * tegmentum

    diencephalon

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (neuroanatomy) The region of the human brain, specifically the human forebrain, that includes the thalamus, the hypothalamus, the epithalamus, the prethalamus or subthalamus, and the pretectum.

    • Meronyms

    * thalamus * hypothalamus * epithalamus * prethalamus * subthalamus * pretectum * See also

    Holonyms

    * forebrain

    See also

    * (wikipedia "diencephalon")

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