encephalon

1. That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers;
   Enclosed within the skull;
   Continuous with the spinal cord (synset 105488747)
   is a type of: neural structure - a structure that is part of the nervous system
   has:

   • circle of willis - a ring of arteries at the base of the brain
   • arteria communicans, communicating artery - any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis
   • brain cell - a nerve cell in the brain
   • neencephalon, neoencephalon - the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts
   • forebrain, prosencephalon - the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
   • mesencephalon, midbrain - the middle portion of the brain
   • hindbrain, rhombencephalon - the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem
   • brain stem, brain-stem, brainstem - the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
   • ventricle - one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
   is a part of:

   • central nervous system, cns, systema nervosum centrale - the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
   • caput, head - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
   same as: brain

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