Term: lateral dorsal aorta bicellular tight junction
Name: lateral dorsal aorta
Synonyms: LDA
Definition: Connect the outflow of the aortic arches to the dorsal aorta. The place where the lateral dorsal aorta fuse is called the radix of the aorta.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001054]

Name: bicellular tight junction
Synonyms: zonula occludens
Definition: An occluding cell-cell junction that is composed of a branching network of sealing strands that completely encircles the apical end of each cell in an epithelial sheet; the outer leaflets of the two interacting plasma membranes are seen to be tightly apposed where sealing strands are present. Each sealing strand is composed of a long row of transmembrane adhesion proteins embedded in each of the two interacting plasma membranes.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005923]    QuickGO    AmiGO