telencephalon
Americannoun
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telencephalons,
plural
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telencephala
plural
noun
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Origin of telencephalon
First recorded in 1900–05; tel- 2 + encephalon
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The telencephalon is the most anterior region of what was the neural tube, but cannot grow past the limit of the frontal bone of the skull.
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The cerebrum is formed directly from the telencephalon.
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The space within the telencephalon is stretched into this same C-shape.
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The prosencephalon enlarges into two new vesicles called the telencephalon and the diencephalon.
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The original anterior vesicle from which the hemispheres evaginate is composed, as already shown, of an anterior part or telencephalon and a posterior or thalamencephalon; the whole forming the third ventricle in the adult.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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