neuroectoderm
Embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to nervous tissue. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the neuroectoderm is
Embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to nervous tissue. The atlas records it as a tissue at the tissue scale in the human body.
Where the neuroectoderm 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 neuroectoderm connects to
The atlas records 18 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. a kind of anatomical structure and germ layer.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the neuroectoderm. 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 ectoderm, neurectoderm, epithelium tubi neuralis; neuroectoderma, neuaral ectoderm, presumptive central nervous system and ventral neurogenic region. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002346, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and germ layer.
- develops into: brain, ciliary body, diencephalon, dilatator pupillae, forebrain and hindbrain, and 7 more.
- contains: future brain and neural crest.
- Develops from: ectoderm.
Questions
Where is the neuroectoderm?
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 neuroectoderm connect to?
A kind of: anatomical structure and germ layer.
Is the neuroectoderm the same in other species?
Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.