ophthalmic vesicle


op·tic ves·i·cle

in the embryo, one of the paired evaginations from the ventrolateral walls of the forebrain from which the sensory and pigment layers of the retina develop. Synonym(s): ocular vesicle, ophthalmic vesicle, vesicula ophthalmica

oph·thal·mic ves·i·cle

(of-thal'mik ves'i-kĕl) In the embryo, one of the paired evaginations from the ventrolateral walls of the forebrain from which the sensory and pigment layers of the retina develop.