hyaloid canal
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006010
A small transparent canal running through the vitreous body from the optical nerve disc to the lens. It is formed by an invagination of the hyaloid, a membrane which encloses the vitreous body[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaloid_canal ]
Synonyms: canal of Cloquet, Stilling's canal, canalis hyaloideus, Cloquet's canal
Term info
- SCTID:362506002
- Wikipedia:Hyaloid_canal
- FMA:58837
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uberon
UBERON:0006010
Hyaloid canal
Term relations
- anatomical conduit
- neural crest-derived structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- develops from some hyaloid artery
- part of some vitreous chamber of eyeball
- located in some vitreous body