Term: median fin fold epidermis
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Name: median fin fold
Synonyms: median fin
Definition: Surface structure that will develop into one of the median fins. Extends from dorsal surface of fish, caudal to the 8th somite, to the ventral surface ending at the caudal side of the vent.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000040]
Name: epidermis
Synonyms:
Definition: A cellular, multilayered epithelium derived from the ectoderm. Zebrafish epidermis consists only of living cells unlike terrestrial vertebrates in which dead, keratinized cells are present.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000105]