neural tube

Definitions of neural tube
  1. noun
    a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop
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    type of:
    ectoblast, ectoderm, exoderm
    the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
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