obsolete_corpus allatum true FBbt:00005800 MAT:0000210 BTO:0000291 true 2.38 A neurosecretory organ forming part of the retrocerebral complex. FBbt:00001716 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001057 The primordium that will form the embryonic/larval corpus allatum, a substructure of the embryonic/larval ring gland. It is a paired structure that becomes distinct in early dorsal closure between the head mesoderm and the epidermis of the gnathal segments. During dorsal closure the paired primordia move dorsally to meet and fuse above the cardioblasts of the developing aorta. One of a pair of separate or fused bodies in many insects that are sometimes closely associated with the corpora cardiaca and that secrete hormones (as juvenile hormone). Use http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001057 label: corpus allatum corpora allata The primordium that will form the embryonic/larval corpus allatum, a substructure of the embryonic/larval ring gland. It is a paired structure that becomes distinct in early dorsal closure between the head mesoderm and the epidermis of the gnathal segments. During dorsal closure the paired primordia move dorsally to meet and fuse above the cardioblasts of the developing aorta. corpus allatum primordium James Malone