| Term: | Kupffer's vesicle 9+0 non-motile cilium |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| 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: | 9+0 non-motile cilium |
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| Synonyms: | 9+0 immotile cilium, non-motile 9+0 cilium, primary cilium |
| Definition: | A non-motile cilium where the axoneme has a ring of nine outer microtubule doublets but no central microtubules (and is therefore called a 9+0 axoneme). |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0097731] QuickGO AmiGO |