Term Name: neural keel
Synonyms: presumptive central nervous system
Definition: An intermediate stage (between the neural plate and neural rod) during the early segmentation period in the morphogenesis of the central nervous system primordium; the keel is roughly triangular shaped in cross section.
Appears at: Gastrula:Bud (10.0h-10.33h)
Evident until: Segmentation:10-13 somites (14.0h-16.0h)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000131]

Relationships
develops from: neural plate
develops into: neural rod
has parts: anterior neural keel midbrain hindbrain boundary neural keel posterior neural keel presumptive diencephalon presumptive telencephalon
is a type of: portion of tissue

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