| Name: | floor plate |
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| Synonyms: | floorplate, fp |
| Definition: | Multi-tissue structure that is the ventral-most aspect of the developing neural tube. The floor plate is a specialized glial structure with secretory function that spans the rostral-caudal axis from the midbrain to the tail regions. The floor plate is one of first structures that differentiate in the developing nervous system. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000022] |
| Name: | establishment of planar polarity |
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| Synonyms: | establishment of planar cell polarity |
| Definition: | Coordinated organization of groups of cells in the plane of an epithelium, such that they all orient to similar coordinates. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0001736] QuickGO AmiGO |