| Name: | neural plate |
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| Synonyms: | presumptive central nervous system |
| Definition: | Portion of tissue that is the earliest recognizable dorsal ectodermal primordium of the central nervous system present near the end of gastrulation before infolding to form the neural keel; consists of a thickened pseudostratified epithelium. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000132] |
| Name: | medial-lateral axis |
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| Synonyms: | M-L axis, medio-lateral axis, mediolateral axis, ML axis, proximal-distal axis |
| Definition: | An axis that extends from the center of organism to one or other side. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0001001] |