| Term: | median fin fold keratinocyte |
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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: | median fin fold |
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| Synonyms: | median fin |
| Definition: | Surface structure that will develop into one of the median fins. Extends from dorsal surface of fish, caudal to the 8th somite, to the ventral surface ending at the caudal side of the vent. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000040] |
| Name: | keratinocyte |
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| Synonyms: | keratinocytes |
| Definition: | An epidermal cell which synthesizes keratin and undergoes a characteristic change as it moves upward from the basal layers of the epidermis to the cornified (horny) layer of the skin. Successive stages of differentiation of the keratinocytes forming the epidermal layers are basal cell, spinous or prickle cell, and the granular cell. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009158] |