different between cerebellum vs metencephalon

cerebellum

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cerebellum, diminutive of cerebrum.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /?se???bel?m/

Noun

cerebellum (plural cerebellums or cerebella)

  1. (neuroanatomy) Part of the hindbrain in vertebrates. In humans it lies between the brainstem and the cerebrum. It plays an important role in sensory perception, motor output, balance and posture.

Holonyms

  • hindbrain

Derived terms

Related terms

  • cerebrum

Translations


Latin

Etymology

From cerebrum (brain), with the diminutive suffix -ellum.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ke.re?bel.lum/, [k????b?l?????]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t??e.re?bel.lum/, [t??????b?l?um]

Noun

cerebellum n (genitive cerebell?); second declension

  1. brain, little brain
  2. seat of senses, intellect

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

References

  • cerebellum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cerebellum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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metencephalon

English

Etymology

meta- +? encephalon

Noun

metencephalon (plural metencephalons or metencephala)

  1. (neuroanatomy) The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.

Derived terms

  • metencephalic

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