Term: cardiac ventricle autophagosome
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Name: cardiac ventricle
Synonyms: ventricle
Definition: Cavitated compound organ that receives blood flow from the atrium and delivers blood to the body via the aorta. Valves are present to direct flow. There are only two chambers present in the fish heart.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000009]
Name: autophagosome
Synonyms: autophagic vacuole, initial autophagic vacuole
Definition: A double-membrane-bounded compartment that engulfs endogenous cellular material as well as invading microorganisms to target them to the lytic vacuole/lysosome for degradation as part of macroautophagy.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005776]    QuickGO    AmiGO