Term optic vesicle

Portion of tissue that is comprised of neuroepithelium which has pinched off from the anterior neural tube and will form the optic cup.

Local Unique Identifier
0000165
Synonym
ocular vesicle (RELATED)
Parts
Relation BFO:0000050 part of
hog:0000275
Xref Teleost Anatomy Ontology
tao:0000050