| Term: | optic vesicle hair cell |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | optic vesicle |
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| 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. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000050] |
| Name: | hair cell |
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| Synonyms: | hair cells |
| Definition: | Hair cell is a mechanoreceptor cell that is sensitive to movement of the hair-like projections (stereocilia and kinocilia) which relay the information centrally in the nervous system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009366] |