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Neural plate
[L. neuralis - nerve]. A median, dorsal thickening of ectoderm from which the neural tube and neural crest will develop. Synonym: medullary plate.
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In human embryology, formation of neural plate is the first step of neurulation. It is created by a flat thickening opposite to the primitive streak.
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Neural plate
The neural plate is thick and flat bundle of ectoderm which develops in the embryo into the nervous system.
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neural plate
Thickened strip of ectoderm in early vertebrate embryos that forms along the dorsal side of the body and gives rise to the central nervous system.
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The midline neural plate cells in birds derived from the anterior midline of Hensen's node and epiblast region that are involved in the intial bending of the neural plate during neurulation.
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neurula
The stage of a vertebrate embryo when gastrulation is largely finished and a neural plate is forming, ending with formation of the neural tube.
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Spina bifida -- a congenital condition that results from altered fetal development of the spinal cord, part of the neural plate fails to join together and bone and muscle are unable to grow over this open section.
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