HyperDic: neural_tube

English > 1 sense of the expression *neural tube*:
NOUN	animal	neural tube	a tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop

English > *neural tube*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	A tube of ectodermal tissue in the embryo from which the brain and spinal cord develop.
Broader	ectoderm, exoderm, ectoblast	The outer germ layer that develops into skin and nervous tissue
Spanish	tubo neural
Catalan	tub neural