neurocoel

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A form of neurocoele — The neural canal.

Scrabble 11

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nounneurocoel (plural neurocoels)

plural neurocoels

  1. alternativeAlternative form of neurocoele.

    The present study focuses on the mechanisms of occlusion of the spinal neurocoel.

    1986, Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology
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    The canal connecting the neurocoel and the enteron is called the neurenteric canal (Fig. 5.47C).

    1989, S. N. Prasad, Vasantika Kashyap, A Textbook of Vertebrate Zoology, →ISBN, page 248

    The neurocoel, or canal, of the cord is a raphe-like vertical cleft, expanded somewhat basally into a small canal that bilaterally divides the cord (Figs. 189, 191).

    1997, Frederick W. Harrison, Edward E. Ruppert, Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Hemichordata, Chaetognatha, and the Invertebrate Chordates, →ISBN

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