| Optic vesicle | |
|---|---|
Transverse section of head of chickembryo of forty-eight hours’ incubation. (Optic vesicle labeled at lower right.) | |
Human embryo about fifteen days old.Brain andheart represented from right side.Digestive tube andyolk sac in median section. (Optic vesicle labeled at center top.) | |
| Details | |
| Carnegie stage | 11 |
| Gives rise to | Human eyes |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vesicula optica; vesicula ophthalmica |
| TE | vesicle_by_E5.14.3.4.2.2.4 E5.14.3.4.2.2.4 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Theeyes begin todevelop as a pair ofdiverticula (pouches) from the lateral aspects of theforebrain. These diverticula make their appearance before the closure of the anterior end of theneural tube;[1][2] after the closure of the tube around the 4th week of development, they are known as theoptic vesicles. Previous studies of optic vesicles suggest that the surrounding extraocular tissues – the surfaceectoderm and extraocularmesenchyme – are necessary for normal eye growth and differentiation.[3]
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 theoptic stalk, which goes on to form theoptic nerve.[4][5]
This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 1001 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)