| Phenotype: | otic vesicle distended, 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: | 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: | distended |
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| Synonyms: | expanded |
| Definition: | A size quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being abnormally expanded or increased in size. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001602] |