| Name: | Kupffer's vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | ciliated organ of asymmetry |
| Definition: | Small but distinctive epithelial sac containing fluid, located midventrally posterior to the yolk cell or its extension, and transiently present during most of the segmentation period. Kupffer's vesicle has been compared to the mouse embryonic node. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000001] |
| Name: | axoneme |
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| Synonyms: | ciliary axoneme, cilium axoneme, flagellar axoneme, flagellum axoneme |
| Definition: | The bundle of microtubules and associated proteins that forms the core of cilia (also called flagella) in eukaryotic cells and is responsible for their movements. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005930] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | structure |
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| Synonyms: | conformation, relational structural quality |
| Definition: | A morphology quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's relative position, shape, arrangements and connectivity of an organism's various parts; the pattern underlying its form. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000141] |