loading...| Preferred Name | external ear | |
| Synonyms |
auris externa auricular region auricular region of head outer ear |
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| Definitions |
Part of the ear external to the tympanum (eardrum). It typically consists of a tube (the external auditory meatus) that directs sound waves on to the tympanum, and may also include the external pinna, which extends beyond the skull[GO]. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001691 |
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| database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C12292 MESH:D004431 UMLS:C0013453 VHOG:0000311 Wikipedia:External_ear XAO:0000190 UMLS:C1269548 SCTID:420893000 MIAA:0000147 MAT:0000147 EHDAA2:0000462 BTO:0002100 BIRNLEX:1705 EMAPA:16991 AAO:0011037 EFO:0004221 EHDAA:3786 EV:0100354 FMA:52781 GAID:104 MA:0000258 |
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| definition |
Part of the ear external to the tympanum (eardrum). It typically consists of a tube (the external auditory meatus) that directs sound waves on to the tympanum, and may also include the external pinna, which extends beyond the skull[GO]. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Gray907.png |
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| external_definition |
The external part of the organ, which consists of an outer portion (external auditory meatus) which leads to the tympanum. [Dorian_AF, Elsevier's_encyclopaedic_dictionary_of_medicine, Part_B:_Anatomy_(1988)_Amsterdam_etc.:_Elsevier][VHOG] |
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| external_ontology_notes |
in XAO this includes and is only the tympanum |
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| has_broad_synonym |
auricular region |
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| has_exact_synonym |
auricular region of head outer ear |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
auris externa |
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| homology_notes |
Some species, like Amolops tormotus (Feng et al. 2006), have a cavity in front of the tympanic membrane which is considered to be an ear canal and thus an outer ear. (...) The ancestral lineage of amphibians separated from the mammalian lineage, approximately 350 million years ago, in the paleozoic era. Many of the important developments in the auditory systems emerged after the ancestral paths separated (Manley and Clack 2003). This implies that shared features, like the tympanic middle ear, developed independently in different vertebrate lineages.[uncertain][VHOG] |
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| id |
UBERON:0001691 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim |
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| label |
external ear |
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| never_in_taxon | ||
| notation |
UBERON:0001691 |
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| part_of |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000033 |
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| preferred label |
external ear |
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| prefLabel |
external ear |
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| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000033 |
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