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  2. Hindbrain - Wikipedia

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    The hindbrain, rhombencephalon (shaped like a rhombus) is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system in vertebrates. It includes the medulla, pons, and cerebellum. Together they support vital bodily processes. [1]

  3. List of regions in the human brain - Wikipedia

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    Embryonic vertebrate subdivisions of the developing human brain hindbrain or rhombencephalon is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system in vertebrates. It includes the medulla , pons , and cerebellum .

  4. Isthmic organizer - Wikipedia

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    The development and location of the MHB is mediated by the transcription factors Otx2 and Gbx2. [2] Otx2 is expressed in the anterior neural tube and cells in the posterior neural tube express Gbx2. [3] These two homeodomain transcription factors are activated by Irx1 and then cross inhibit one another in the developing central nervous system ...

  5. Brain - Wikipedia

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    The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.It consists of nervous tissue and is typically located in the head (cephalization), usually near organs for special senses such as vision, hearing and olfaction.

  6. Central nervous system - Wikipedia

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    The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all parts of the bodies of bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animals—that is, all multicellular animals except sponges and diploblasts.

  7. Rhombomere - Wikipedia

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    While the hindbrain is developing, trigeminal cell bodies have been shown to migrate dorsolaterally within rhombomeres 2 and 3, while facial cells move dorsolaterally into r5 near the pial surface. Neurons that form the facial nucleus are produced in r4, but move along the anteroposterior axis of the hindbrain into r6, after which they move ...

  8. Myelencephalon - Wikipedia

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    The medulla oblongata is responsible for several functions of the autonomic nervous system. These functions include: [ 7 ] 1) Respiration: monitors the acidity of the blood and sends electrical signals to intercostal muscle tissue to increase their contraction rate in order to oxygenate the blood as needed.

  9. Flexure (embryology) - Wikipedia

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    The cephalic flexure, also known as the mesencephalic flexure, is the first flexure or bend, that forms in the region of midbrain. [2] The caudal part of the midbrain and the rostral part of the hindbrain makes up a mibrain-hindbrain boundary region known as the isthmic organizer. [3]