FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term adult ostial cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00058283 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Ostial cell of the adult dorsal vessel. There are 20 of these cells per dorsal vessel, forming 5 pairs of ostia along the dorsal vessel. The 4 cells of the posterior-most pair of ostia are embryonic/larval ostial cells that persist in the adult stage; the other 16 cells differentiate during metamorphosis (Lehmacher et al., 2012; Rotstein and Paululat, 2016).[ FlyBase:FBrf0219200 FlyBase:FBrf0238157 ]
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS

Choose a record type to view annotations for this term and its child terms. Direct annotations and full annotation statements below also provide HitList buttons.

    • Results list data from multiple species. Choose a record type above to open its HitList.
Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)
There are no annotations using this term.
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
 Full annotation statements 
Relevant FlyBase reports
  Constructs
 adult ostial cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship:
Vocabulary search 
adult dorsal vessel
 |__adult ostium________
 |__adult cardial cell__|
ostium                  |
 |__adult ostium________|
 |__ostial cell_________|
cardial cell            |
 |__adult cardial cell__|
 |__ostial cell_________|
                        adult ostial cell  5 rec.
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a adult cardial cell
ostial cell
Part of adult ostium
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts