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Meaning of neural crest | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A strip of ectodermal material in the early vertebrate embryo inserted between the prospective neural plate and the epidermis.

Equivalents

العربية عُرْف عَصَبِيّ

Français crête neurale

Examples

“All of these features are under the control of a particular set of cells in the embryo called the neural crest, from which a particular part of the brain, the amygdala, derives.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

neural crest syndrome neural net neural network neural plate neural processing unit neural spine