Preferred Label : Kupffer's vesicle;
Uberon 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. Kimmel et al, 1995. Kupffer's vesicle has been compared to the mouse embryonic
node. Drummond et al, 2005.;
Origin ID : 2000001;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- part of
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. Kimmel et al, 1995. Kupffer's vesicle has been compared to the mouse embryonic
node. Drummond et al, 2005.
