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单词 neural crest
释义

neural crest

noun

: the ridge of one of the folds forming the neural tube that gives rise to the spinal ganglia and various structures of the autonomic nervous system

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Instead, a population of cells called the neural crest migrates in from the developing nervous system and then converts to cartilage once in the arch. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022 That's especially intriguing because elsewhere in the body the neural crest forms an astonishing variety of tissues: from the pigment cells in our skin to the nerve cells that control our digestive tract to the cells of our heart valve. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022 So, the presence of cartilage suggests that, even at this early stage of their evolution, vertebrates probably had a distinct nerve cord that produced a neural crest—something that our close relatives like the amphioxus doesn't have. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 July 2022 One explanation for reduced brain size and other traits associated with domestication syndrome is outlined in the neural crest cell hypothesis, which was published in a 2014 study. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2022 Last year other scientists came up with a testable hypothesis: tame animals may have fewer or defective neural crest cells. Virginia Morell, Scientific American, 1 July 2015 Studying marmoset neural crest implications, therefore, could shed new light on human development too. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020 The secret is in the multipurpose neural crest cells. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 27 Oct. 2020 In 2014, Wrangham and collaborators even proposed a possible biological mechanism in neural crest cells, which help shape many of those body parts during embryonic development. Popular Science, 10 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

neural crest

noun

: the ridge of one of the folds forming the neural tube that gives rise to the spinal ganglia and various structures of the autonomic nervous system

called also neural ridge

compare neural plate
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