loading...| Preferred Name | hepatic diverticulum | |
| Synonyms |
diverticulum hepaticum liver diverticulum |
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| Definitions |
An out-pocket of thickened ventral foregut epithelium adjacent to the developing heart. Constitutes the first morphological sign of the embryonic liver. The anterior portion of the hepatic diverticulum gives rise to the liver and intrahepatic biliary tree, while the posterior portion forms the gall bladder and extrahepatic bile ducts. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008835 |
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| has exact synonym |
liver diverticulum |
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| has related synonym |
diverticulum hepaticum |
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| label |
hepatic diverticulum |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0008835 |
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| prefLabel |
hepatic diverticulum |
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| textual definition |
An out-pocket of thickened ventral foregut epithelium adjacent to the developing heart. Constitutes the first morphological sign of the embryonic liver. The anterior portion of the hepatic diverticulum gives rise to the liver and intrahepatic biliary tree, while the posterior portion forms the gall bladder and extrahepatic bile ducts. |
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| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0009854 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0004185 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007499 |