neural tube

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

   Broaderectoderm

Questions about neural tube

What does neural tube mean?

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

Is neural tube a common word?

neural tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.