Term Name: neural crest
Synonyms:
Definition: A cell population arising from the dorsolateral aspect of the central nervous system primordium during the segmentation period, and later migrating along stereotyped pathways to give rise to a diverse and well-defined set of cell types including pigment cells, peripheral neurons and glia, and head cartilage.
Appears at: Segmentation:1-4 somites (10.33h-11.66h)
Evident until: Pharyngula:Prim-25 (36.0h-42.0h)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000045]

Relationships
develops from: neural plate border
develops into: primitive meninx
has parts: neural crest cell
is a type of: portion of tissue
has subtype: cardiac neural crest cranial neural crest migratory neural crest premigratory neural crest trunk neural crest vagal neural crest

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