metencephalon
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/EmbryonicBrain.svg/220px-EmbryonicBrain.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]From met- + encephalon.
Noun
[edit]metencephalon (plural metencephalons or metencephala)
- (neuroanatomy) The portion of the embryonic rhombencephalon from which the pons and cerebellum arise.