part of
develops from
ends during
starts during
archenteron
liver diverticulum
An out-pocket of thickened ventral foregut epithelium adjacent to the developing heart. Its anterior portion gives rise to the liver and intrahepatic biliary tree, while the posterior portion forms the gall bladder, hepato-pancreatic duct, hepato-pancreatic progenitor cells and the bile duct.
UBERON:0008835
XAO:0000101
xenopus_anatomy
foregut
embryonic structure
foregut endoderm
NF stage 14
NF stage 40