| Term: | median fin fold epithelium |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | median fin fold |
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| 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: | epithelium |
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| Definition: | Portion of tissue, that consists of one or more layers of epithelial cells connected to each other by cell junctions and which is underlain by a basal lamina. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001486] |