telencephalon
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of telencephalon
First recorded in 1900–05; tel- 2 + encephalon
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The cerebrum is formed directly from the telencephalon.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
During embryonic development, as the telencephalon expands within the skull, the brain goes through a regular course of growth that results in everyone’s brain having a similar pattern of folds.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The prosencephalon enlarges into two new vesicles called the telencephalon and the diencephalon.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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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