Term: eye dorsal-ventral axis
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Name: eye
Synonyms: eyes
Definition: Cavitated compound organ that consists of the neural retina, lens, cornea and iris and is the sensory apparatus of the visual system.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000107]
Name: dorsal-ventral axis
Synonyms: anterior-posterior axis, D-V axis, dorsoventral axis, DV axis
Definition: An axis that is approximately perpendicular to the anterior-posterior axis and that extends through the horizontal plane of the body.
Ontology: Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000016]