NEURAL TUBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neural tube mean? 

• NEURAL TUBE (noun)
  The noun NEURAL TUBE has 1 sense:

1. a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop

  Familiarity information: NEURAL TUBE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEURAL TUBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("neural tube" is a kind of...):

ectoblast; ectoderm; exoderm (the outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue)

 Context examples 

Cavity in each of the cerebral hemispheres derived from the cavity of the embryonic neural tube.

(Lateral Ventricle, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Human Eye Development involves bilateral outpouchings of optic vesicles, from the neural tube, that each form optic cups.

(Eye Development, NCI Thesaurus)

Structures that have evolved from embryonic development of the neural tube.

(Ependyma and Remnants of the Central Canal of the Spinal Cord, NCI Thesaurus)

A congenital neural tube closure defect resulting in the protrusion of the brain through a skull opening.

(Encephalocele, NCI Thesaurus)

Neural tube defects are birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord.

(Neural Tube Defects, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Causes include spinal cord injuries, neural tube defects, brain tumors, strokes, and peripheral neuropathies (e.g., AIDS neuropathy and diabetic neuropathy).

(Neurogenic Bladder, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare and severe form of neural tube defect in which there are open cranial and open spinal defects at birth.

(Craniorachischisis, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes forkhead box protein D3, plays a role in the regulation of transcription, neural tube differentiation and pluripotent stem cell maintenance during embryogenesis.

(FOXD3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The research demonstrated a link between quats and neural tube birth defects in both mice and rats.

(Common Household Chemicals Lead to Birth Defects in Mice, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A rare neural tube defect during pregnancy, resulting in the absence of a large portion of the brain and skull in the fetus.

(Anencephaly, NCI Thesaurus)