Question

F the caudal portion of the neural tube failed to develop properly the ________. if the caudal portion of the neural tube failed to develop properly the ________. telencephalon would cease development cranial nerves would not form hindbrain would not be present spinal cord may be affected

Answer 1

Answer;

-Spinal cord may be affected

Explanation;

-If the caudal portion of the Neural tube failed to develop properly, the spinal cord may be affected.

-The neural tube is the embryonic structure that develops into the brain and spinal cord.

-Its defects arise from failure of embryonic neural tube closure by the fourth week of pregnancy, causing malformations of the brain and spine.