Midbrain Definition

mĭdbrān
noun
The middle part of the three primary divisions of the brain of a vertebrate embryo.
Webster's New World
The part of the fully developed brain evolved from this; mesencephalon.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
midbrain
Plural:
midbrains

Origin of Midbrain

  • mid- + brain

    From Wiktionary

Midbrain Sentence Examples

  • Their transverse dorsal connexion is the posterior commissure; otherwise the whole roof portion of the midbrain is reduced to a thin membrane, continuous with that which covers the Sylvian aqueduct, and this ventricle sends a lateral cavity into each optic lobe, as is the case in reptiles.

  • The midbrain is represented chiefly by the optic lobes, the cortex of which alone is homologous with the corpora quadragemina of the mammals.

  • These electrical signals pass along upper motor neurons through the midbrain to the spinal cord.

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Words Starting With

MMIMID

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NINAIN

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