Noun
prosencephalon -
the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
forebrain
neural structure a structure that is part of the nervous system
encephalon ,
brain that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
cerebral peduncle ,
peduncle a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain
corpus callosum a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres
telencephalon the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus
