Definition of Neural crest

1. Noun. (embryology) A strip of ectodermal material in the early vertebrate embryo inserted between the prospective neural plate and the epidermis. ¹

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Medical Definition of Neural crest

1. A group of embryonic cells that separate from the neural plate during neurulation and migrate to give several different lineages of adult cells: the spinal and autonomic ganglia, the glial cells of the peripheral nervous system and nonneuronal cells, such as chromaffin cells, melanocytes and some haemopoietic cells. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neural Crest

neum
neumatic
neume
neumes
neumic
neums
neura
neurad
neuragmia
neural
neural arch
neural axis
neural canal
neural canals
neural cell adhesion molecule
neural crest (current term)
neural crest syndrome
neural cyst
neural factor
neural fold
neural folds
neural ganglion
neural groove
neural induction
neural layer of optic retina
neural layer of retina
neural net
neural network
neural networks
neural part of hypophysis

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