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olfactory pit
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An indentation of the olfactory placode which ends when the pits hollows out to form the nasopharynx[GO]. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060166 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_pit ]
Term info
Label
olfactory pit
Synonyms
- nasal pit
Subsets
efo_slim, pheno_slim
editor note
we represent the relationship as develops from, though in fact the pit is formed as an indentation in the placode
external definition
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].
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UBERON:0005870
Term relations
Subclass of:
- pit
- anatomical entity
- develops from some olfactory placode
- part of some embryo
- located in some nasal cavity epithelium
- part of some nose
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