olfactory pit
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005870
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
Term info
- EHDAA2:0001295
- AAO:0011068
- SCTID:361485001
- EFO:0003496
- FMA:295840
- EMAPA:16800
- XAO:0000275
- EHDAA:4772
- Wikipedia:Nasal_pit
- XAO:0004073
efo_slim, pheno_slim
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].
we represent the relationship as develops from, though in fact the pit is formed as an indentation in the placode
uberon
UBERON:0005870
olfactory pit
Term relations
- pit
- anatomical entity
- develops from some olfactory placode
- part of some embryo
- located in some nasal cavity epithelium
- part of some nose