ENCEPHALON (encephala)
Dictionary entry overview: What does encephalon mean?
• ENCEPHALON (noun)
The noun ENCEPHALON has 1 sense:
1. that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Familiarity information: ENCEPHALON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENCEPHALON (noun)
Meaning:
That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
brain; encephalon
Hypernyms ("encephalon" is a kind of...):
neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)
Meronyms (parts of "encephalon"):
circle of Willis (a ring of arteries at the base of the brain)
brain stem; brain-stem; brainstem (the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus)
hindbrain; rhombencephalon (the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem)
mesencephalon; midbrain (the middle portion of the brain)
forebrain; prosencephalon (the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube)
neencephalon; neoencephalon (the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts)
brain cell (a nerve cell in the brain)
arteria communicans; communicating artery (any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis)
ventricle (one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid)
Holonyms ("encephalon" is a part of...):
central nervous system; CNS; systema nervosum centrale (the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord)
caput; head (the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains)
