forebrain
Noun
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The anterior portion of the brain;
The part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube (synset 105503632)is a type of: neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous systemhas:- cerebral peduncle, peduncle - a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
- corpus callosum - a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
- telencephalon - the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
- betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon - the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon
is a part of: brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cordsame as: prosencephalon
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