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neuroectoderm

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neuroectoderm /neu·ro·ec·to·derm/ (-ek´to-durm) the portion of the ectoderm of the early embryo that gives rise to the central and peripheral nervous systems, including some glial cells.neuroectoder´mal
neu·ro·ec·to·derm (nr-kt-dûrm)
n.
The region of embryonic ectoderm that develops into the brain and spinal cord as well as into the nervous tissue of the peripheral nervous system.

neuro·ecto·dermal adj.

neuroectoderm
[noo͡r′ō·ek′tədurm]
Etymology: Gk, neuron + ektos, outside, derma, skin
the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the central and peripheral nervous systems, including some glial cells. neuroectodermal, adj.

neuroectoderm (noor″oek´to-drm),
n specialized cells that differentiate from the ectoderm in the embryo from which the central and peripheral nervous systems develop.

neuroectoderm
the portion of the ectoderm of the early embryo which gives rise to the central and peripheral nervous systems, including some glial cells.


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