neural tubes

A form of neural tube — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of neural tube
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