Transient groove in the dorsal eye lined by basal lamina. The groove extends across the dorsal retina to partially separate the nasal and temporal retinal lobes. The sulcus forms soon after optic cup formation and as the eye develops it becomes broader and shallower until it is undetectable. [ http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-180310-10 ORCiD:0000-0002-2244-7917 GOC:cvs ]
Synonyms: dorsal ocular sulcus
Term information
Term relations
- groove
- ectoderm-derived structure
- end stage some pharyngula:prim-5
- part of some immature eye
- existence starts during or after some segmentation:20-25 somites