| Name: | Kupffer's vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | ciliated organ of asymmetry |
| Definition: | Small but distinctive epithelial sac containing fluid, located midventrally posterior to the yolk cell or its extension, and transiently present during most of the segmentation period. Kupffer's vesicle has been compared to the mouse embryonic node. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000001] |
| Name: | apical plasma membrane |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | The region of the plasma membrane located at the apical end of the cell. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0016324] QuickGO AmiGO |