neuroectoderm

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

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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.

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neuro·ecto·dermal adj.

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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.

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neuroectoderm

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