roof plate

n.

The thin layer of the embryonic neural tube that connects the lateral plates dorsally.

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Nearby words

roof iris, roof of fourth ventricle, roof of the world, roof of tympanum, roof over one's head, a, roof plate, roof rack, roof rat, roof-deck, roofer, roofie

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