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BETWEEN-BRAIN [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

The posterior part of the forebrain that connects the midbrain with the cerebral hemispheres, encloses the third ventricle, and contains the thalamus and hypothalamus.

OBS

Plural: diencephala.

Key term(s)
  • diencephala
  • between-brain

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Partie médiane et profonde du cerveau qui comprend le thalamus, les corps grenouillés de la région sous-thalamique, l'hypothalamus, la tige pituitaire et le lobe postérieur de l'hypophyse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
CONT

Durante la cuarta semana, después del cierre de los neuroporos, el extremo cefálico del tubo neural craneal al cuarto par de somitos se dilata considerablemente y aparecen las tres vesículas encefálicas primarias a partir de las cuales se origina el encéfalo: Prosencéfalo (cerebro anterior), mesencéfalo (cerebro medio) y rombencéfalo (cerebro posterior). [...] Durante la quinta semana el prosencéfalo [...] origina (1) el telencéfalo (cerebro terminal) que consta de una parte media y dos evaginaciones laterales hemisferios cerebrales primitivos), (2) el diencéfalo, que presenta la evaginación de las vesículas ópticas.

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