Preferred Name

Temperature sensation

Synonyms

Temperature perception|thermoception

ID

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_1806

abbrev

class_or_indiv

true

definition

* The sensation of cold, heat, coolness, and warmth. (MSH) * The series of events required for an organism to receive a temperature stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Thermoception in larger animals is mainly done in the skin; mammals have at least two types of sensor, for detecting heat (temperatures above body temperature) and cold (temperatures below body temperature). [GO:ai, http://www.wikipedia.org/] (GO) * sensation of temperature. (CSP)

external_id_urls

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D013697

external_ids

umlsCUI:C1655407|meshUID:D013697

label

Temperature sensation

mod_date

2008-03-13

preferred_label

Temperature sensation

prefixIRI

birnlex_1806

prefLabel

Temperature sensation

retired

false

synonyms

Temperature perception|thermoception

subClassOf

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_1822

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