| Phenotype: | superior ocular sulcus closure incomplete, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | superior ocular sulcus |
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| Synonyms: | dorsal ocular sulcus |
| Definition: | Transient groove in the dorsal eye lined by basal lamina. The groove extends across the dorsal retina to partially separate the nasal and temporal retinal lobes. The sulcus forms soon after optic cup formation and as the eye develops it becomes broader and shallower until it is undetectable. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005901] |
| Name: | closure incomplete |
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| Definition: | A morphological quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's affording not completed blocked passage or view. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000609] |