Term Name: optic vesicle
Synonyms: optic vesicles
Definition: Portion of tissue that is comprised of neuroepithelium which has pinched off from the anterior neural keel and will form the optic cup.
Appears at: Segmentation:5-9 somites (11.66h-14.0h)
Evident until: Segmentation:20-25 somites (19.0h-22.0h)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000050]

Relationships
develops from: optic primordium
develops into: optic cup
is part of: immature eye
is a type of: portion of tissue

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