mesencephalon

As nouns the difference between telencephalon and mesencephalon

is that telencephalon is the anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain while 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).

As a noun 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).

As a preposition pon is

contraction of upon.

As nouns the difference between mesencephalon and metencephalon

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 metencephalon is the portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and mesencephalon

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while 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).

As a noun 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).

As an adjective mesencephalic is

of or pertaining to the mesencephalon.

As nouns the difference between mesencephalon and neuraxis

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 neuraxis is the axis of the central nervous system; i.e. the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.