| Name: | Kupffer's vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | ciliated organ of asymmetry |
| Definition: | Small but distinctive epithelial sac containing fluid, located midventrally posterior to the yolk cell or its extension, and transiently present during most of the segmentation period. Kupffer's vesicle has been compared to the mouse embryonic node. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000001] |
| Name: | vacuolar membrane |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The lipid bilayer surrounding the vacuole and separating its contents from the cytoplasm of the cell. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005774] QuickGO AmiGO |