midbrain

midbrain

English

Etymology

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).

Synonyms

• mesencephalon

Meronyms

• tectum
• tegmentum

Holonyms

• brain stem

Translations

part of brain

Azerbaijani: orta beyin Chinese: Mandarin: 中腦 (zh), 中脑 (zh) (zhōngnǎo) Czech: střední mozek m Danish: mesencephalon, midthjernen Dutch: mesencephalon, middenhersen Estonian: keskaju Finnish: keskiaivot (fi) French: mésencéphale (fr) m German: Mittelhirn (de) Greek: μεσεγκέφαλος m (mesegkéfalos) Hindi: मध्यमस्तिष्क (madhyamastiṣk) Indonesian: otak tengah Irish: lárinchinn f Italian: mesemcefalo m Japanese: 中脳 (chūnō) Javanese: ꦲꦸꦠꦏ꧀ꦠꦺꦔꦃ (utak tengah)

Kabuverdianu: Badiu: mezenséfalu m São Vicente: mezenséfalo m Korean: 중간뇌 (junggannoe, 中間腦) Latin: mesencephalon Lithuanian: vidurinės smegenys Macedonian: среден мозок (sreden mozok) Malay: otak tengah Norwegian: mesencephalon Polish: śródmózgowie n Portuguese: mesencéfalo Russian: сре́дний мозг (srédnij mozg) Slovak: stredný mozog Spanish: mesencéfalo Swedish: mesencephalon, mitthjärnan Tagalog: gitnangutak Vietnamese: não giữa