Term Name: torus longitudinalis
Synonyms: longitudinal torus, tori longitudinalis
Definition: Multi-tissue structure that is a paired longitudinal eminence of granular cells that develops from the alar plate and is attached to the tegmentum in the medial tectal ventricle. The torus longitudinalis only occurs in ray finned fishes.
Appears at: Unknown
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000449]

Relationships
develops from: alar plate midbrain region
is part of: midbrain
is a type of: multi-tissue structure

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