Metencephalon

Metencephalon
Diagram depicting the main subdivisions of the embryonic vertebrate brain. These regions will later differentiate into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain structures.
Pons and cerebellum.
Identifiers
MeSH	D020540
NeuroNames	543
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_965
TA98	A14.1.03.004
FMA	62003
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

The metencephalon is the embryonic part of the hindbrain that differentiates into the pons and the cerebellum. It contains a portion of the fourth ventricle and the trigeminal nerve (CN V), abducens nerve (CN VI), facial nerve (CN VII), and a portion of the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII).