Term: Kupffer's vesicle axonemal central pair
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Name: Kupffer's vesicle
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: axonemal central pair
Synonyms: axonemal microtubule central pair, axoneme central pair, axoneme microtubule central pair, central pair, central-pair microtubules
Definition: Part of the axoneme consisting of the inner two microtubule doublets of the 9+2 axoneme occurring in most motile cilia.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0097540]    QuickGO    AmiGO