part of part of develops from develops from contributes to morphology of immediate transformation of Eumetazoa brain nervous system central nervous system metencephalon BAMS:Met EHDAA:5498 VHOG:0000741 Wikipedia:Metencephalon MESH:D020540 FMA:62003 EMAPA:17071 GAID:594 epencephalon-2 HBA:4833 NCIT:C32741 Rostral segment of the hindbrain that has as its parts the pons (where present) and the cerebellum[WP,modified]. CALOHA:TS-2029 the terms metencephalon and myelencephalon are only meaningful in mammals and birds[Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain]. In zebrafish, with the exception of the cerebellum, the ventral remainder of the metencephalon can be separated only arbitrarily from the more caudal myelencephalic portion of the medulla oblongata and thus these are not distinguished in ZFA[ZFA]. UBERON:0001895 BIRNLEX:965 EHDAA2:0001149 MA:0000197 BTO:0000673 DHBA:10655 hindbrain ectoderm-derived structure segmental subdivision of hindbrain future metencephalon