Part of the eye that forms during the transition from optic vesicle to optic cup as a groove at the lateroventral edge of the optic vesicle, which expands medially. The ventral edges of the optic vesicle then wrap around the fissure and fuse with one another, ultimately leading to a channel through which blood vessels and optic nerve fibres pass. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24478172 ]

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Term information

OBO foundry unique label

optic fissure (xenopus)

has related synonym

ventral choroidal fissure

optic fissure

has obo namespace

xenopus_anatomy

id

XAO:0000474