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The first flexure of the ] ] appears in the region of the ], and is named the ventral '''cephalic flexure'''.


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By means of it the ] is bent in a ventral direction around the anterior end of the ] and ], with the result that the floor of the fore-brain comes to lie almost parallel with that of the ].
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This flexure causes the mid-brain to become, for a time, the most prominent part of the brain, since its dorsal surface corresponds with the convexity of the curve.

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