brain stem
noun1
Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the cerebrum and the rest of the forebrain.
- Meronyms
- medulla oblongata, pons, pons Varolii, midbrain
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