| Term: | diencephalon axis |
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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: | diencephalon |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The more posterior and ventral of two forebrain neuromeres, the other being the telencephalon; major derivatives are the eye cups, the brain pretectal region, the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus (including the habenula and epiphysis). |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000101] |
| Name: | axis |
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| Synonyms: | midline |
| Definition: | Organism subdivision running along the rostral-caudal axis of the early embryo. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000092] |