Afterbrain

Quick meaning: Afterbrain is a noun meaning (anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon.

Meaning

(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon.

Example Sentences

From the evolutionary standpoint, the afterbrain will never develop if the forebrain makes all of the decisions.

The division in the fore-, middle- and afterbrain is based on the development of the human brain during the embryogenesis.

Below the hindbrain, in the vicinity of the afterbrain, the spinal furrow does not close, and there remains here an open passage-way to the contiguous lower portion.

[...] Ehrlingarns call the “afterbrain”. It is where telepathy and telekinesis are controlled. Telepaths have that organ greafly enlarged. In fact, some of them have trouble with it pinching off nerve impulses between the body and the cerebrum.

Word Forms

• afterbrains
• after-brain

Synonyms for afterbrain

Depending on context, synonyms include hindbrain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interbrain, midbrain, mesencephalon, betweenbrain, hemibrain, thalamencephalon.

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