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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:floor plate
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Accession:UBERON:0003079 term browser browse the term
Definition:The specialized glial structure (non-neuronal cells) situated at the ventral midline of the embryonic neural tube; this structure spans the anteroposterior axis from the midbrain to the tail regions, separating the left and right basal plates of the developing neural tube, and serves as an organizer to ventralize tissues in the embryo as well as to guide neuronal positioning and differentiation along the dorsoventral axis of the neural tube.
Comment:"A structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms. Located on the ventral midline of the embryonic neural tube, the floor plate is a specialized glial structure that spans the anteroposterior axis from the midbrain to the tail regions. It has been shown that the floor plate is conserved among vertebrates with homologous structures in invertebrates such as the fruit fly Drosophila and the nematode C. elegans. Functionally, the structure serves as an organizer to ventralize tissues in the embryo as well as to guide neuronal positioning and differentiation along the dorsoventral axis of the neural tube." {source="Wikipedia:Floor_plate"}
Synonyms:exact_synonym: floorplate
 related_synonym: FP;   bodenplatte;   ventral plate
 xref: AAO:0011041;   BTO:0001720;   EFO:0003473;   EMAPA:32684;   RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000545;   TAO:0000022;   Wikipedia:Floor_plate;   ZFA:0000022



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          ectoderm-derived structure 0
            floor plate 0
              floor plate neural rod 0
              floor plate of neural tube + 0
              lateral floor plate 0
              medial floor plate 0
              rhombomere floor plate + 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        ectoderm 0
                          ectoderm-derived structure 0
                            neurectoderm 0
                              presumptive neural plate 0
                                neural plate 0
                                  neural keel 0
                                    neural rod 0
                                      neural tube 0
                                        floor plate 0
                                          floor plate neural rod 0
                                          floor plate of neural tube + 0
                                          lateral floor plate 0
                                          medial floor plate 0
                                          rhombomere floor plate + 0
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