neuro-epithelium

(nu’ro-ep-i-the’le-um) | [Gr. vedpov nerve + epithelium). 1. A specialized epithelium forming the perceptive elements of 6 organs of special sense, as the hair-cells of the organ of Corti or the rods and cones of the retina. 2. The epithelium of the epiblast whence the cerebrospinal axis is developed.