While viewing a picture of a 3-week-old embryo, Dr. Pecoraro points to something and says, "This flat structure will soon become a tube from which the brain and spinal cord will develop." Dr. Pecoraro is pointing at
A) the neural plate.
B) the corpus callosum.
C) the frontal cortex.
D) an axon.

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The neural plate is a key embryonic structure that eventually folds to form the neural tube, from which the brain and spinal cord develop. This process is fundamental in the early stages of the central nervous system formation.

While Viewing a Picture of a 3-Week-Old Embryo, Dr