part_of part of part of has part has part has_part material entity material entity anatomical entity anatomical entity migratory cranial neural crest cell neural crest cranial neural crest TAO:0001194 cephalic neural crest uberon Neural crest that is part of the head.[TAO] EFO:0003645 Neural crest cells (NCCs) originating in the anterior part of the developing embryo and residing between the mid-diencephalon and the forming hindbrain; cranial NCCs migrate dorsolaterally to form the craniofacial mesenchyme that differentiates into various craniofacial cartilages and bones, cranial neurons, glia, and connective tissues of the face; these cells enter the pharyngeal pouches and arches where they give rise to thymic cells, bones of the middle ear and jaw (mandible), and the odontoblasts of the tooth primordia; like their counterparts in the trunk, cranial NCCs also contribute to the developing peripheral nervous system, along with the pigmented cell (i.e. melanocyte) lineage. crista neuralis cranialis Anterior most portion of the neural crest. Migrates in three highly conserved streams: mandibular, hyoid and branchial.[AAO] head NCC population cranial NCC population We conclude this section by listing some of the many synapomorphies of craniates, including (1) the neural crest (...).[well established][VHOG] VHOG:0000063 Wikipedia:Cranial_neural_crest ZFA:0001194 head neural crest EMAPA:16091 UBERON:0003099 CNC head crest XAO:0001001 AAO:0010580 EHDAA2:0004420 embryonic tissue