ventricular zone

a region of actively dividing tissue cells lining the cerebral ventricles that provides neurons mainly in early development and in glial cells (see glia) throughout life. See subventricular zone.

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November 24th 2024

point scale

any scale for measuring some construct or attribute in which participants’ responses to a series of multiple-choice questions are given numerical values (points). The final score is the total points earned. See also Likert scale; semantic differential.