has part has part has_part characteristic of part of has modifier abnormal vascular development abnormal perineural vascular plexus morphology csmith any structural anomaly of the capillary bed that initially surrounds the relative avascular brain and spinal cord; the perineural vascular plexus (PNVP) is the precursor to the blood brain barrier formed by angioblasts which migrate away from somites and is recruited to surround the neural tube in response to VEGF; vascularization of the brain and spinal cord occurs via angiogenesis as sprouting vessels from the PNVP invade the neuroepithelium and grow inward toward the ventricular lumen MPheno.ontology MP:0012732 2014-03-21T16:09:47Z abnormal PNVP morphology morphology abnormal perineural vascular plexus