MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY

PHYSIOLOGY

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How is the encephalon formed?
A
Brain-Spinal Cord-Bulb
B
Brain-cerebellum-brainstem
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As for its physiological distribution, you can divide it into three distinct parts: the forebrain, the midbrain, and the hindbrain.

Detailed explanation-2: -In its early embryonic condition it consists of three hollow vesicles, termed the hind-brain or rhombencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the fore-brain or prosencephalon; and the parts derived from each of these can be recognized in the adult (Fig. 677).

Detailed explanation-3: -Well, they come from the Greek encephalon, the word for “brain", from and en-“in” and cephalon “head"; so “that which is in the head-the brain".

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