English Explanatory Dictionary

neural tube

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord.

Word forms

neural tube neural tubes
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