loading...| Preferred Name | ear | |
| Synonyms |
auditory apparatus auris |
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| Definitions |
Sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001690 |
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| database_cross_reference |
MIAA:0000138 Wikipedia:Ear MAT:0000138 UMLS:C0521421 NCIT:C12394 VHOG:0000330 SCTID:1910005 BIRNLEX:1062 MESH:D004423 XAO:0000189 UMLS:C0013443 CALOHA:TS-1165 EFO:0000826 AAO:0011014 EMAPA:16193 EHDAA2:0000423 BTO:0000368 EHDAA:502 EV:0100353 FMA:52780 GAID:62 MA:0000236 galen:Ear |
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| definition |
Sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. |
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| external_definition |
The organ of hearing and of equilibrium. [TFD][VHOG] |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
auditory apparatus auris |
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| has_relational_adjective |
auricular |
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| homology_notes |
Both vertebrate and invertebrate auditory organs are thought to have evolved from primitive mechanosensors, but the nature of the ancestral structure and the evolutionary trajectories followed in distinct animal lineages remain unknown. In particular, we do not know how many types of mechanosensor existed in the protostome-deuterostome ancestor from which insects and vertebrates evolved or whether the PDA had an auditory organ.[well established][VHOG] |
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UBERON:0001690 |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim |
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| label |
ear |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001690 |
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| preferred label |
ear |
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| prefLabel |
ear |
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