| Term: | otic vesicle establishment or maintenance of epithelial cell apical/basal polarity |
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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: | 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: | establishment or maintenance of epithelial cell apical/basal polarity |
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| Definition: | Any cellular process that results in the specification, formation or maintenance of the apicobasal polarity of an epithelial cell. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0045197] QuickGO AmiGO |