| Term: | neural rod anterior side |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | neural rod |
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| Synonyms: | presumptive central nervous system |
| Definition: | An intermediate stage in the development of the central nervous system present during the segmentation period; the neural rod is roughly cylindrical in shape, forms from the neural keel, and is not yet hollowed out into the neural tube. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000133] |
| Name: | anterior side |
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| Synonyms: | anterior, rostral |
| Definition: | An anatomical region that is the entire part of an anatomical structure anterior to a transverse plane and bounded on one side by the same transverse plane. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000055] |