* * *
a slender structure attaching the optic vesicle, and later the optic cup, to the brain wall in the embryo.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Optic stalk — Transverse section of head of chick embryo of fifty two hours’ incubation … Wikipedia
optic stalk — noun : the constricted part of the optic vesicle by which it remains continuous with the embryonic forebrain … Useful english dictionary
Optic vesicle — Transverse section of head of chick embryo of forty eight hours’ incubation. (Optic vesicle labeled at lower right.) … Wikipedia
Optic cup (embryology) — Transverse section of head of chick embryo of forty eight hours’ incubation. (Margin of optic cup labeled at upper right.) … Wikipedia
Optic vesicles — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = v. ophthalmica GraySubject = 224 GrayPage = 1001 Caption = Transverse section of head of chick embryo of forty eight hours’ incubation. (Optic vesicle labeled at lower right.) Caption2 = Human embryo… … Wikipedia
stalk — A narrowed connection with a structure or organ. allantoic s. the narrow connection between the intraembryonic portion of the allantois and the extraembryonic allantoic vesicle … Medical dictionary
Optic cup — The white, cup like area in the center of the optic disc. The optic disk is the circular area at the back of the inside of the eye where the optic nerve connects to the retina. * * * optic cup n the optic vesicle after invaginating to form a 2… … Medical dictionary
coloboma of optic disk — coloboma of optic nerve 1. a coloboma, mild or severe, within or at the optic nerve head. A mild coloboma may be a separate, isolated entity, unilateral, and limited to minor cupping in the optic disk. A severe coloboma may be part of a bridge… … Medical dictionary
human embryology — ▪ biology Introduction the process encompassing the period from the formation of an embryo, through the development of a fetus, to birth. The human body, like that of most animals, develops from a single cell produced by the union of… … Universalium
Embryology — 1 morula, 2 blastula 1 blastula, 2 gastrula with blastopor … Wikipedia
