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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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)
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