hindbrain in dogs

The most posterior of the three principal regions of the brain. In mammals and birds the hindbrain is divided into a rostral metencephalon and a caudal myelencephalon. 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 (From: Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain)[ZFA]. Organ component of neuraxis that has as its parts the pons, cerebellum and medulla oblongata[FMA]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the hindbrain is

The most posterior of the three principal regions of the brain. In mammals and birds the hindbrain is divided into a rostral metencephalon and a caudal myelencephalon. 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 (From: Neuroanatomy of the Zebrafish Brain)[ZFA]. Organ component of neuraxis that has as its parts the pons, cerebellum and medulla oblongata[FMA]. The atlas records it as a nerve at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the hindbrain is

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the hindbrain connects to

The atlas records 91 typed relationships for it, across 8 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity, brain and nervous system.

Supply and innervation

Arterial supply: basilar artery.

Also called

Also recorded as rhombencephalon. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002028, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: anatomical entity, brain and nervous system.
• A kind of: anatomical structure.
• contains: abducens nucleus, accessory cuneate nucleus, accessory XI nerve nucleus, Barrington's nucleus, caudal pontine reticular nucleus and cerebellar cortex, and 70 more.
• contributes to morphology of: brain, fourth ventricle and metencephalon.
• develops into: meninx of hindbrain, metencephalon and myelencephalon.
• Develops from: future brain and neuroectoderm.
• overlaps: brainstem and midbrain-hindbrain boundary.
• Supplied by: basilar artery.

Questions

Where is the hindbrain?

It sits within the nervous system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the hindbrain connect to?

Part of: anatomical entity, brain and nervous system.

Is the hindbrain the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.