🔄 Synonyms of "Braincase"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| brainpannoun | (now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) The braincase; the skull. |
| craniumnoun | (anatomy) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw. |
| neurocraniumnoun | (anatomy) The part of the skull that encloses the brain. |
| endbrainnoun | (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the telencephalon. |
| forebrainnoun | (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus. |
| encephalonnoun | (neuroanatomy, especially embryologic neuroanatomy) The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain. |
| hindbrainnoun | (neuroanatomy) The posterior part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and medulla, the rhombencephalon |
| brain stemnoun | (neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain. |
| brainenoun | A surname. |
| telecephalonnoun | Misspelling of telencephalon. [(neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain.] |
| brainstemnoun | Alternative spelling of brain stem. [(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.] |
| central nervous systemnoun | (neuroanatomy) In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord. |
| neocortexnoun | (neuroanatomy) The top layer of the cerebral hemispheres in the brain of mammals; part of the cerebral cortex. |
| prosencephalonnoun | (neuroanatomy) The forebrain. |
| brainnoun | The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action. |
| rhombencephalonnoun | (neuroanatomy) The hindbrain |
| telencephalonnoun | (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the forebrain; the endbrain. |
| neurocoelenoun | (anatomy) The neural canal. |
| meninxnoun | (anatomy, usually in the plural) A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates. |
| metencephalonnoun | (neuroanatomy) The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise. |
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