NEURAL CREST CELLS

 Group of cells that separate from the neuroectoderm, migrate and

differentiate extensively leading to formation of cranial sensory ganglia
and most of the connective tissue of the head
 Embryonic connective tissue elsewhere is derived from mesoderm and is
known as MESANCHYME
 But in the head it is known as ectomesenchyme because of its orgin from
NEUROECTODERM
FORMATION OF NEURAL TUBE AND NEURAL GROOVE

 NEURAL TUBE undergoes massive expansion to form the forebrain,

midbrain and hindbrain
 The part associated with the hindbrain develops a series of eight
bulges, the rhombomeres