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olfactory pit

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An indentation of the olfactory placode which ends when the pits hollows out to form the nasopharynx[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_pit http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0060166 ]

Synonyms: nasal pit

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efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000001

By the upgrowth of the surrounding parts the olfactory areas are converted into pits, the nasal pits or olfactory pits, which indent the fronto-nasal process and divide it into a medial and two lateral nasal processes[Wikipedia:Nasal_pit].

editor note

we represent the relationship as develops from, though in fact the pit is formed as an indentation in the placode

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UBERON:0005870

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olfactory pit