| Name: | otic vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | otic capsule, otocyst, ov |
| Definition: | Epithelial sac present beside the fifth rhombomere; forms the semicircular canals dorsally and the otolith organs ventrally, and houses the acoustico-vestibular sensory epithelia (maculae) of hair cells. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for ear by T. Whitfield.) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000051] |
| Name: | neuroblast (sensu Vertebrata) |
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| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009168] |
| Name: | poorly differentiated |
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| Definition: | A cellular quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of its lacking most of the cellular characteristics which would allow it to be fully differentiated. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002106] |