neural tube

noun

, Embryology.

1. a tube formed by the closure of ectodermal tissue in the early vertebrate embryo that later develops into the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and ganglia.

neural tube

noun

1. the structure in mammalian embryos that develops into the brain and spinal cord. Incomplete development results in neural-tube defects , such as spina bifida, in a newborn baby

neural tube

1. A tubular structure that results from the folding of tissue along the back of vertebrate embryos and develops into the brain and spinal cord. Improper folding of the neural tube is the cause of spina bifida and other birth defects.

Word History and Origins

Origin of neural tube¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

This is the excised neural tube of my clone, stuck in a vat trying to grow into a brain.

From Nautilus

They bulge out of the neural tube, the embryonic primordium of the nervous system.

From Quanta Magazine

Later still they become applied closely to the sides of the neural tube and send fibres to it below as well as above.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately beneath the neural tube is situated the notochord (ch).

From Project Gutenberg

In their mode of attachment to the neural tube an important change has, however, already commenced to be visible.

From Project Gutenberg

The enlarged part of the neural tube, forming the hind-brain, is shewn at (hb).

From Project Gutenberg

At its posterior extremity it is primitively continuous with the neural tube (fig. 420), as was first shewn by Kowalevsky.

From Project Gutenberg