Cellular migration is the movement of cells

Cell (biology)

The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the building block of life. The Alberts text discusses how the "cellular building blocks" move to shape developing embryos....

 in the body to their proper position.

Purpose

During the Prenatal development, the basic structures for all organs in the body are created. However, the origin of every type of cell isn't always in the final location, and to reach this location, the cell migrates.

Examples

During Neural development

Neural development

Neural development comprises the processes that generate, shape, and reshape the nervous system, from the earliest stages of embryogenesis to the final years of life. The study of neural development aims to describe the cellular basis of brain development and to address the underlying mechanisms...

, there is an extensive Neuronal Migration.