olfactory pit
An indentation of the olfactory placode which ends when the pits hollows out to form the nasopharynx[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_pit http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060166 ]
Term info
olfactory pit
- nasal pit
efo_slim, pheno_slim
we represent the relationship as develops from, though in fact the pit is formed as an indentation in the placode
By the upgrowth of the surrounding parts the olfactory areas are converted into pits, the nasal pits or olfactory pits, which indent the fronto-nasal process and divide it into a medial and two lateral nasal processes[Wikipedia:Nasal_pit].
uberon
UBERON:0005870
Term relations
- pit
- anatomical entity
- develops from some olfactory placode
- part of some embryo
- located in some nasal cavity epithelium
- part of some nose