Term Name: optic cup
Synonyms: eye cup, eyecup, ocular cup, ophtalmic cup
Definition: Multi-tissue structure that is comprised of neural and non-neural epithelial layers which will form the retina and retinal pigmented epithelium of the mature eye[ZFA]. double walled structured formed by expansion and invagination of the distal end of the optic vesicle that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina while the mouth of the optic cup eventually forms the pupil of the eye[MP].
Ontology: Cell Ontology [UBERON:0003072]

Relationships
develops from: optic vesicle
develops into: camera-type eye optic stalk retina
is part of: immature eye
has parts: dorsal part of optic cup presumptive neural retina presumptive retinal pigmented epithelium sinus of von Szily ventral part of optic cup
is a type of: ectoderm-derived structure multi-tissue structure