Eyecup - Ganpai

Japanese: 眼杯 - がんぱい
Eyecup - Ganpai

One of the primordium that appears during the development of the eye of vertebrates. First, the sides of what will become the diencephalon bulge out to the left and right to form a cyst-like protrusion called the optic vesicle. The tip of the optic vesicle is in contact with the epidermis, and it sinks inward while guiding the lens from the epidermis, forming a cup-like shape together with the eyestalk at the base of the optic vesicle, hence the name optic cup. The sunken part consists of two layers, the outer layer closest to the epidermis will become the retina, and the inner layer will differentiate into a pigment layer. The eyestalk gradually narrows and later becomes the optic nerve.

[Sadao Yasugi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

脊椎(せきつい)動物の目の発生段階に現れる原基の一つ。まず、将来間脳になる部分の側部が左右に膨出して眼胞とよばれる嚢胞(のうほう)状の突出物を形成する。眼胞の先端は表皮と接しており、その表皮からレンズを誘導しつつ内側に落ち込み、眼胞基部の眼柄とともに杯(さかずき)状の形をとるので、これを眼杯とよぶ。落ち込んだ部分は2層からなり、表皮に近いほうの外層は将来網膜となり、内層は色素層に分化する。眼柄はしだいに細くなって、のちに視神経となる。

[八杉貞雄]

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