part_of part of part of anterior to pre-chordal neural plate The portion of neural plate anterior to the mid-hindbrain junction. ZFA:0007016 (...) at some stage of its development, every chordate exhibits five uniquely derived characters or synapomorphies of the group: (...) (4) a single, tubular nerve cord that is located dorsal to the notochord (...).[well established][VHOG] uberon UBERON:0003056 anterior neural plate XAO:0000045 AAO:0011084 VHOG:0001200 TAO:0007016 neural plate embryonic tissue midbrain hindbrain boundary neural plate