(from the article `nervous system, human`) ...adjacent undifferentiated ectoderm cells to thicken along what will become the dorsal midline of the body, forming the neural plate. The neural ...
Synonym for neuroectoderm ... <embryology> Ectoderm on the dorsal surface of the early vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the cells (neurons and glia) of the nervous system. ... Synonym: neural plate. ... (04 Mar 1998) ... 
(noor″o-ep″ĭ-the´le-әm) epithelium made up of cells specialized to serve as sensory cells for reception of external stimuli. Called also sense or sensory epithelium. the ectodermal epithelium, from which the central nervous system develops.
See neuroectoderm.
Type: Term Pronunciation: nū′rō-ep′i-thē′lē-ūm Definitions: 1. Epithelial cells specialized for the reception of external stimuli. Most neuroepithelial cells, notably the hair cells of the inner ear and the receptor cells of the taste buds, are not true neurons but transducer cells that stand in synaptic c...
[n] - epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
noun epithelium associated with special sense organs and containing sensory nerve endings
the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system. · tissue composed of epithelial cells that are specialized to serve a sensory function, as the nasal mucosa and retina.