Optic stalk
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| Embryology: Optic stalk | ||
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| Transverse section of head of chick embryo of fifty-two hours’ incubation. | ||
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| Optic cup and choroidal fissure seen from below, from a human embryo of about four weeks. (Optic stalk labeled at center left.) | ||
| Latin | ' | |
| Gray's | subject #224 1001 | |
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| Carnegie stage | 14 | |
| Days | {{{Days}}} | |
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| MeSH | [1] | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | / | |
The optic vesicles project toward the sides of the head, and the peripheral part of each expands to form a hollow bulb, while the proximal part remains narrow and constitutes the optic stalk.
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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.
Neural development/Neurulation - Neurula - Neural folds - Neural groove - Neural tube - Neural crest - Neuromere (Rhombomere) - Notochord - Neural plate
Eye development - Optic vesicles - Optic stalk - Optic cup - Auditory vesicle - Auditory pit
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