NOTE: This question is about the most posterior part of the brain.
I'm a bit confused. Some say that the myelencephalon and the medulla oblongata are one and the same, while some differentiate them as two different parts. Can anyone please clarify this for me?
2007-12-26 22:18:58 · 2 answers · asked by Detective Mask 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
In the embryonic condition you divide the brain into three parts and call them prosencephalon mesencephalon, and myelecephaon, as parts. But the adult brain is described a bit differently. The posterior most part of adult brain is called medulla oblongata.
2007-12-27 01:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by Ishan26 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two things seem to be interchangeable. The medulla/medulla oblongata is the common name for the myencephalon.
The metencephalon covers the other two bits of the hindbrain- the pons and cerebellum
2007-12-26 22:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by insomnia c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋