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Telencephalon vs Mesencephalon - What's the difference?

telencephalon | 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).

telencephalon

English

(wikipedia telencephalon)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.

    • Synonyms

    * cerebrum * endbrain * See also

    Meronyms

    * cerebral hemisphere * cerebral cortex

    Holonyms

    * forebrain

    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