Meaning of ENCEPHALON
| Pronunciation: | | en'sefu`lân
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| | Definition: | | [n] that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord |
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| | Synonyms: | | brain |
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| | See Also: | | arteria communicans, brain cell, brain stem, brainstem, caput, central nervous system, circle of Willis, CNS, communicating artery, forebrain, fornix, head, hindbrain, mesencephalon, midbrain, neencephalon, neoencephalon, neural structure, prosencephalon, rhombencephalon, systema nervosum centrale, ventricle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \En*ceph"a*lon\, n. [NL. See {Encephalos}.] (Anat.)
The contents of the cranium; the brain.
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| | Definition: | | The center of the central nervous system; a mass of nerve tissue in the cranium that receives and transmits neural impulses and controls and directs an organism's behavior and actions. |
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