| Term: | neural plate posterior 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 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: | posterior side |
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| Synonyms: | caudal, posterior |
| Definition: | An anatomical region that is the entire part of an anatomical structure posterior to a transverse plane and bounded on one side by the same transverse plane. |
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000056] |