| NOUN | body | prosencephalon, forebrain | the anterior portion of the brain |
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| Meaning | The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube. | |
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| Synonym | forebrain | |
| Part of | brain, encephalon | That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers |
| Parts | corpus callosum | A broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres |
| diencephalon, interbrain, betweenbrain, thalmencephalon | The posterior division of the forebrain | |
| peduncle, cerebral peduncle | A bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain | |
| telencephalon | The anterior division of the forebrain | |
| Broader | neural structure | A structure that is part of the nervous system |
| Spanish | proencéfalo, prosencéfalo | |
| Catalan | proencèfal, prosencèfal | |
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