Share on Pinterest. Although man may be responsible for some of the changes that the Earth is now undergoing, when it comes to physical size, humans are nowhere near being the largest creatures on the planet.
The hippocampus is a part of the forebrain, located in the medial temporal lobe. It belongs to the limbic system and plays major roles in long term memory and spatial navigation.
Noun. 1. forebrain-the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube. prosencephalon. neural structure-a structure that is part of the nervous system.cerebral peduncle, peduncle-a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain.elencephalon-the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus. betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon-the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon. Translations.