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Mesencephalon Moderate

Mesencephalon has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

the middle portion of the brain

2

A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).

See Also
thalamus mesopontine tectum corticomesencephalic caudal pons mesencephalic tegmental
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
neural structure
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