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neural crests

neural crests is the plural of neural crest.

Meaning of neural crest

Noun

neural crest (plural neural crests)

  1. A strip of ectodermal material in the early vertebrate embryo inserted between the prospective neural plate and the epidermis.
    • 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.1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 167

Questions about neural crests

What is neural crests the plural of?
Neural crests is the plural of neural crest.

Words near neural crests in the dictionary

  1. neural canal
  2. neural canals
  3. neural crest
  4. neural crest syndrome
  5. neural crest syndromes
  6. neural crests
  7. neural net
  8. neural nets
  9. neural network
  10. neural networks
  11. neural plate

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