Apical constriction
One-sided contraction of a cell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In morphogenesis, apical constriction is the process in which contraction of the apical side of a cell causes the cell to take on a wedged shape. Generally, this shape change is coordinated across many cells of an epithelial layer, generating forces that can bend or fold the cell sheet.[1]