| Name: | optic choroid vascular plexus |
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| Synonyms: | choroid vasculature, CVP |
| Definition: | Is an ocular vasculature that develops adjacent to the pigment epithelium of the eye. The optic choroid vascular plexus develops from the primitive mesencephalic artery. Initially blood enters from the mesencephalic central artery, and the dorsal ciliary vein. The plexus drains via the ophthalmic vein. The plexus supplies blood to the retina. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005094] |
| Name: | capillary |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | Microvessel of the blood circulation system lined with vascular endothelial cells. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005250] |
| Name: | displaced to |
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| Synonyms: | mislocalised to |
| Definition: | An angular placement quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer being changed in position in relation to another entity. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002168] |
| Name: | photoreceptor outer segment layer |
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| Synonyms: | photoreceptor outer segment layers |
| Definition: | Layer of the retina composed of the outer segments of the photoreceptor cells. The photoreceptor outer segment is a specialized primary cilium consisting of a microtubule-based axoneme and regular stacks of membrane folds or disks containing the photopigments (opsins) required for the phototransduction cascade. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001466] |