optic cup
noun
: the optic vesicle after invaginating to form a 2-layered cup from which the retina and pigmented layer of the eye will develop
called also eyecup
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Just as in normal embryonic development, over the course of about a week the cells organized themselves into a small sac that spontaneously folded itself in half to form the optic cup, a structure that consists of the retina and its supporting layer.
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Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2011
The stem cells formed a sac that then folded in half a couple days later (see image above, courtesy of Nature), forming the optic cup.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2011
Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2011
The stem cells formed a sac that then folded in half a couple days later (see image above, courtesy of Nature), forming the optic cup.
—Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2011
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