midbrain

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mid- + brain

Noun

midbrain (plural midbrains)

  1. (neuroanatomy) A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).

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