neural tube

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noun Embryology.

a tube formed by the closure of ectodermal tissue in the early vertebrate embryo that later develops into the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.

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Origin of neural tube

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby neural tube

neural computer, neural crest, neuralgia, neural network, neural networks, neural tube, neural tube defect, neuraminidase, neurasthenia, neurasthenic, neuration

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How to use neural tube in a sentence

This is the excised neural tube of my clone, stuck in a vat trying to grow into a brain.
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They bulge out of the neural tube, the embryonic primordium of the nervous system.
Catherine Dulac Finds Brain Circuitry Behind Sex-Specific Behaviors|Claudia Dreifus|December 14, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Later still they become applied closely to the sides of the neural tube and send fibres to it below as well as above.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
Immediately beneath the neural tube is situated the notochord (ch).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour

In their mode of attachment to the neural tube an important change has, however, already commenced to be visible.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
The enlarged part of the neural tube, forming the hind-brain, is shewn at (hb).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
At its posterior extremity it is primitively continuous with the neural tube (fig. 420), as was first shewn by Kowalevsky.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour

British Dictionary definitions for neural tube

neural tube

noun

the structure in mammalian embryos that develops into the brain and spinal cord. Incomplete development results in neural-tube defects, such as spina bifida, in a newborn baby

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Scientific definitions for neural tube

neural tube

A tubular structure that results from the folding of tissue along the back of vertebrate embryos and develops into the brain and spinal cord. Improper folding of the neural tube is the cause of spina bifida and other birth defects.