Term: habenula determination of left/right symmetry
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Name: habenula
Synonyms: habenulae, habenular nucleus
Definition: The habenula relays impulses from limbic areas of the telencephalon to an unpaired midbrain nucleus, the interpeduncular nucleus.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000213]
Name: determination of left/right symmetry
Synonyms: determination of left/right asymmetry
Definition: The establishment of an organism's body plan or part of an organism with respect to the left and right halves. The pattern can either be symmetric, such that the halves are mirror images, or asymmetric where the pattern deviates from this symmetry.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0007368]    QuickGO    AmiGO