| Name: | ciliary marginal zone |
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| Synonyms: | circumferential germinal zone, CMZ, peripheral growth zone, retinal ciliary marginal zone, retinal proliferative zone |
| Definition: | Proliferative region at the periphery of the retina where retinal stem cells are located. After 60 hpf, the CMZ is the source of most retinal growth. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001289] |
| Name: | spindle |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The array of microtubules and associated molecules that forms between opposite poles of a eukaryotic cell during mitosis or meiosis and serves to move the duplicated chromosomes apart. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005819] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | orientation |
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| Synonyms: | amount of rotation, angle, angular magnitude, angular placement, plane angle |
| Definition: | A spatial quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's placement which is defined by the angle between the bearer and an axis, or the angle between the bearer and another object. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000133] |
| Name: | retinal pigmented epithelium |
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| Synonyms: | pigmented epithelium, pigmented retina, pigmented retinal epithelium, PRE, RPE |
| Definition: | A monolayer of pigmented epithelium covering the neural retina; develops from the outer of the two layers of the optic cup. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000144] |