neural crest

noun

A strip of ectodermal material in the early vertebrate embryo inserted between the prospective neural plate and the epidermis.

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Meanings

nounneural crest (plural neural crests)

plural neural crests

  1. embryologyA strip of ectodermal material in the early vertebrate embryo inserted between the prospective neural plate and the epidermis.

    All of these features are under the control of a particular set of cells in the embryo called the neural crest, from which a particular part of the brain, the amygdala, derives.

    1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 167

Synonyms & antonyms

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neurocrest

Translations

Arabic عُرْف عَصَبِيّ
  • عُرْف عَصَبِيّ (ʕurf ʕaṣabiyy)ectodermal material
French crête neurale
  • crête neuraleectodermal material
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Chicago

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