Well, they come from the Greek encephalon, the word for "brain", from and en- "in" and cephalon "head"; so "that which is in the head — the brain".

What is encephalon mean?

Encephalon -um: the brain, or that part of the head containing it.

Is encephalon same as brain?

is that brain is the control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action while encephalon is (neuroanatomy) the area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the ...