If we look at the base of a brain which has just been removed from the skull, there's very little of the midbrain that we can actually see.
11 seconds sound clip from the Young Frankenstein (1974) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:05:07 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Which passes out of the skull through the foramen magnum and becomes, of course, the spinal cord.
- Are there any questions before we proceed?
- I have one question, Dr. Frankenstein.
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