Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
fore·brain Pronunciation:
-"brAn Function:
noun : the anterior of the three primary divisions of the developing vertebrate brain or thecorresponding part of the adult brain that includes especially the cerebral hemispheres, the thalamus, and the hypothalamus and that especially in higher vertebrates is the main control center forsensory and associative information processing, visceral functions, and voluntary motor functions called also
prosencephalon; —see
DIENCEPHALON,
TELENCEPHALON