Yes. The neural tube is a long, hollow structure that extends about the full length of the developing embryo. The tube itself gives rise to both components of the central nervous system (CNS): the brain and the spinal cord.
Neural tube
The neural tube
The brain and spinal cord. The cephalic portion of the nueral tube becomes the brain, the caudal portion becomes the spinal cord.
Neural Tube
The neural tube is the embryonic predecessor of the brain and spinal cord. Which means, most of what it "does" is develop into a brain and spinal cord. The neural tube is initially formed almost exclusively of stem and progenitor cells. Over time, these stem and progenitor cells adopt specific identities and begin to differentiate neurons and later glial cells and these cells begin forming neural circuits. By the time the neural tube has developed to a point where it is capable of carrying out rudimentary neurological functions, the nomenclature is generally changed to brain and spinal cord rather than neural tube.
brain controls perception,reflexes,emotionsbehavioral sequences,etc. spinal cord helps in transmission of neural inputs between periphery and brain
Anencephaly also known as neural tube defect.
spinal cord may be affected
Astrocytomas can develop on any part of the brain or spinal cord
Transmits neural signals between the brain and the rest of the body.
Nervous Tissue
The brain is superior to the spinal cord.