Multi-tissue structure that is comprised of neural and non-neural epithelial layers which will form the retina and retinal pigmented epithelium of the mature eye[ZFA]. double walled structured formed by expansion and invagination of the distal end of the optic vesicle that develops into the pigmented and sensory layers of the retina while the mouth of the optic cup eventually forms the pupil of the eye[MP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic_cup_(embryology) MP:0004269 ZFA:0001202 ]
Term information
- SCTID:308789007
- VHOG:0000167
- TAO:0001202
- BTO:0005351
- EMAPA:16674
- ZFA:0001202
- EHDAA2:0001303
- NCIT:C34233
- EHDAA:2912
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Term relations
- multi-tissue structure
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some immature eye
- develops from some optic vesicle
- developmentally induced by some lens placode