Definition of hindbrain in English:
hindbrain
noun ˈhʌɪn(d)breɪnˈhaɪn(d)ˌbreɪn
The lower part of the brainstem, comprising the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata.
Also called rhombencephalon
Example sentencesExamples
- I found a spinal cord, a hindbrain, a midbrain, a forebrain, all organized in similar ways to my own nervous system.
- Over time the neural tube expands at one end to form an embryonic brain with constrictions marking the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain.
- The cranial neural crest that migrates out from the rhombomeres of the dorsal region of the hindbrain also has a segmental arrangement.
- The ability to maintain gaze can be profoundly disturbed by damage to the brain stem or hindbrain.
- The thought of that virus wandering about in my hindbrain did not please me.
Definition of hindbrain in US English:
hindbrain
nounˈhīn(d)ˌbrānˈhaɪn(d)ˌbreɪn
The lower part of the brainstem, comprising the cerebellum, pons, and medulla oblongata.
Also called rhombencephalon
Example sentencesExamples
- Over time the neural tube expands at one end to form an embryonic brain with constrictions marking the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain.
- I found a spinal cord, a hindbrain, a midbrain, a forebrain, all organized in similar ways to my own nervous system.
- The thought of that virus wandering about in my hindbrain did not please me.
- The cranial neural crest that migrates out from the rhombomeres of the dorsal region of the hindbrain also has a segmental arrangement.
- The ability to maintain gaze can be profoundly disturbed by damage to the brain stem or hindbrain.