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Optic vesicle

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Carnegie stage
  
11

Code
  
TE E5.14.3.4.2.2.4

Optic vesicle

Latin
  
vesicula optica; vesicula ophthalmica

The eyes begin to develop as a pair of diverticula from the lateral aspects of the forebrain. These diverticula make their appearance before the closure of the anterior end of the neural tube; after the closure of the tube they are known as the optic vesicles.

They project toward the sides of the head, and the peripheral part of each expands to form a hollow bulb, while the proximal part remains narrow and constitutes the optic stalk.

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Optic vesicle Wikipedia