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Descriptor English: Rhombencephalon
Descriptor Spanish: Rombencéfalo
Descriptor rombencéfalo
Scope note: La más posterior de las tres vesículas cerebrales primitivas del encéfalo embrionario. Consta del mielencéfalo, metencéfalo e istmo rombencefálico a partir del cual se desarrollan los principales componentes del TRONCO ENCEFÁLICO como el BULBO RAQUÍDEO, del mielencéfalo, y el CEREBELO y el PUENTE del metencéfalo con la cavidad expandida que constituye el CUARTO VENTRÍCULO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Rombencéfalo
Descriptor French: Rhombencéphale
Entry term(s): Brain, Hind
Brains, Hind
Hind Brain
Hind Brains
Hindbrain
Hindbrains
Rhombencephalons
Tree number(s): A08.186.211.132.810
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012249
Scope note: The posterior of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of an embryonic brain. It consists of myelencephalon, metencephalon, and isthmus rhombencephali from which develop the major BRAIN STEM components, such as MEDULLA OBLONGATA from the myelencephalon, CEREBELLUM and PONS from the metencephalon, with the expanded cavity forming the FOURTH VENTRICLE.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Brain (1966-1986)
Brain Stem (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
DeCS ID: 19338
Unique ID: D012249
NLM Classification: WL 310
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1986/03/28
Revision Date: 2015/06/23
Rhombencephalon - Preferred
Concept UI M0019053
Scope note The posterior of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of an embryonic brain. It consists of myelencephalon, metencephalon, and isthmus rhombencephali from which develop the major BRAIN STEM components, such as MEDULLA OBLONGATA from the myelencephalon, CEREBELLUM and PONS from the metencephalon, with the expanded cavity forming the FOURTH VENTRICLE.
Preferred term Rhombencephalon
Entry term(s) Brain, Hind
Brains, Hind
Hind Brain
Hind Brains
Hindbrain
Hindbrains
Rhombencephalons



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