neural tube in dogs

In the developing vertebrate, the neural tube is the embryo's precursor to the central nervous system, which comprises the brain and spinal cord. The neural groove gradually deepens as the neural folds become elevated, and ultimately the folds meet and coalesce in the middle line and convert the groove into a closed tube, the neural tube or neural canal (which strictly speaking is the center of the neural tube), the ectodermal wall of which forms the rudiment of the nervous system. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the neural tube is

In the developing vertebrate, the neural tube is the embryo's precursor to the central nervous system, which comprises the brain and spinal cord. The neural groove gradually deepens as the neural folds become elevated, and ultimately the folds meet and coalesce in the middle line and convert the groove into a closed tube, the neural tube or neural canal (which strictly speaking is the center of the neural tube), the ectodermal wall of which forms the rudiment of the nervous system. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a tissue at the tissue scale in the dog.

Where the neural tube is

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What the neural tube connects to

The atlas records 19 typed relationships for it, across 6 kinds of connection. part of embryo.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the neural tube. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as neural primordium, presumptive central nervous system and tubus neuralis. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001049, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: embryo.
• A kind of: anatomical structure, embryonic structure, embryonic tissue and epithelium.
• contains: floor plate, floor plate of neural tube, germinal neuroepithelium, neural tube lateral wall, neural tube mantle layer and neural tube marginal layer, and 4 more.
• develops into: central canal of spinal cord and neural tube ventricular layer.
• Develops from: future spinal cord.
• bounding layer of: germinal neuroepithelium.

Questions

Where is the neural tube?

This dataset records no region or system for it. No positional evidence of any kind. Drawn outside the body so it can still be found and counted, never inside it.

What does the neural tube connect to?

Part of: embryo.

Is the neural tube the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.