loading...| Preferred Name |
lateral line system |
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| Synonyms |
lateral-line organs lateral line stitches lateral line organs ll |
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| Definitions |
A line of sensory organs and associated structures along the sides of fish and amphibia that detect vibrations and pressure changes. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002540 |
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| axiom_lost_from_external_ontology |
relationship loss: is_formed_by lateral line receptor organ (AAO:0001001)[AAO] |
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| database_cross_reference |
MAT:0000249 MIAA:0000249 XAO:0000095 AAO:0000975 VHOG:0001243 TAO:0000034 EFO:0000941 Wikipedia:Lateral_line_system AAO:0000269 ZFA:0000034 MESH:D053403 |
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| definition |
A line of sensory organs and associated structures along the sides of fish and amphibia that detect vibrations and pressure changes. |
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| editor note |
we model this as being potentially inclusive of lateral line scales, and thus overlapping with the skeletal system. This is to accomodate TAO |
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| external_definition |
A sensory system on the surface of the fish, consisting of small sensory patches (neuromasts) distributed in discrete lines over the body surface. The lateral line system is stimulated by local water displacements and vibrations, and detects propulsion of the fish through the water, as well as facilitating shoaling, prey capture, and predator and obstacle avoidance. (See Anatomical Atlas entry for lateral line by T. Whitfield.)[TAO] Sensory system which develops from a specialized series of dorsolateral ectodermal placodes named lateral line placodes.[AAO] |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
lateral-line organs lateral line stitches lateral line organs ll |
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| homology_notes |
The mechanosensory lateral line system is widely distributed in aquatic anamniotes. It was apparently present in the earliest vertebrates, as it has been identified in agnathans, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, lungfishes, the crossopterygian Latimeria, and aquatic amphibians.[well established][VHOG] |
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| id |
UBERON:0002540 |
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| label |
lateral line system |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002540 |
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| prefLabel |
lateral line system |
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