Alar plate
Diagram to illustrate the alar and basal laminæ of brain vesicles.
aged about four and a half weeks.
Latin	l. alaris
Gray's	subject #184 735
Carnegie stage	13
Precursor	neural tube
Dorlands/Elsevier	l_02/12475865

The alar plate (or alar lamina) is a neural structure in the embryonic nervous system, part of the dorsal side of neural tube, that involves the communication of general somatic and general visceral sensory impulses. It later becomes a sensory region and part of the spinal cord.

See also

• Basal plate

External links

• Overview at temple.edu

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