forebrain

The furthest forward of the three divisions of the brain of a vertebrate embryo, the other two being the hindbrain and midbrain. The forebrain, or prosencephalon as it is also known, develops in the adult to form the following components:

cerebrum (cerebral cortex + basal ganglia)
hypothalamus
thalamus

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