Preferred Name | otolith organ | |
Synonyms |
saccule and utricle utricle and saccule otolith organs |
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Definitions |
The crystalline particles composed of calcium carbonate and a protein which adhere to the gelatinous membrane of the maculae of the utricle and saccule (otolithic membrane). |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002518 |
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capable of part of | ||
database_cross_reference |
ZFA:0000559 EFO:0003539 TAO:0000559 MESH:D012444 Wikipedia:Otolith_organ VHOG:0001676 GAID:883 MA:0002841 |
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definition |
The crystalline particles composed of calcium carbonate and a protein which adhere to the gelatinous membrane of the maculae of the utricle and saccule (otolithic membrane). |
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depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Bigotolith.jpg |
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develops_from | ||
editor note |
Representation of utricle, sacule and otoliths in correspondence to other ontologies may require review. In EHDAA2, saccule and utricle are epithelia |
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functionally related to | ||
has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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has_related_synonym |
saccule and utricle utricle and saccule otolith organs |
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id |
UBERON:0002518 |
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in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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label |
otolith organ |
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notation |
UBERON:0002518 |
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part_of | ||
prefLabel |
otolith organ |
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treeView | ||
subClassOf |