Ventricles & central canal of spinal cord
Neural tube.
The neural tube
Neural Tube
Neural Tube
In the 3rd week of pregnancy called gastrulation, specialized cells on the dorsal side of the fetus begin to change shape and form the neural tube.
The medical term for the inner diameter of a tube is "lumen."
The ectoderm nearest the embryonic midline - often described as the neuroectoderm - does form into the neural tube, the embryonic structure from which the nervous system develops. However, more lateral ectoderm matures into skin and associated tissues.
Spina bifida occurs during the first trimester. Spina bifida is in a class of birth defects known as neural tube defects. The neural tube eventually develops into the spinal cord, brain and the tissues that enclose them. In a normal pregnancy the tube forms early and closes by the twenty eighth day. With spina bifida portions of the neural tube fail to develop properly causing defects of varying severity in the spinal cord and back bones. This is a complicated topic and you can read more about it at the related link.
This occurs as a result of the folding of ectoderm tissue. The ectoderm is a type of germ cell layer present in a young embryo.
The central hollow tube of an artery is known as the arterial lumen. Lumen is the general term for the hollow part of any tubular structure.
if measurement of neural tube is greater than 2.5mm indicates down syndrome
The neural tube closes around the 28th day of gestation, so that would be at the end of the fourth week.