Term Name: convergent extension involved in organogenesis
Synonyms:
Definition: The morphogenetic process in which an epithelium narrows along one axis and lengthens in a perpendicular axis contribution to the shaping of an organ.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0060029]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: animal organ development
has parts: cardioblast migration to the midline involved in heart field formation chondrocyte intercalation involved in growth plate cartilage morphogenesis
is a type of: convergent extension
has subtype: convergent extension involved in imaginal disc-derived wing morphogenesis convergent extension involved in nephron morphogenesis convergent extension involved in neural plate elongation convergent extension involved in notochord morphogenesis convergent extension involved in rhombomere morphogenesis