loading...| Preferred Name | eye | |
| Synonyms |
visual apparatus light-detecting organ |
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| Definitions |
An organ that detects light. Note that whilst this is classified as an organ, it is in fact more of a unit composed of different structures: in Drosophila, it includes the interommatidial bristle as a part; we consider here the vertebrate eye to include the eyeball/eye proper as a part, with the eye having as parts (when present): eyelids, conjuctiva, |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000970 |
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| comment |
Note that whilst this is classified as an organ, it is in fact more of a unit composed of different structures: in Drosophila, it includes the interommatidial bristle as a part; we consider here the vertebrate eye to include the eyeball/eye proper as a part, with the eye having as parts (when present): eyelids, conjuctiva, |
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| curator note |
This class encompasses a variety of light-detecting structures from different phyla with no implication of homology, from the compound insect eye to the vertebrate camera-type eye (distinct classes are provided for each) |
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| database cross reference |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye MAT:0000140 FBbt:00005162 BTO:0000439 GAID:69 EV:0100336 MIAA:0000140 OpenCyc:Mx4rvViTvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA MESH:D005123 EFO:0000827 CALOHA:TS-0309 BILA:0000017 |
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| definition |
An organ that detects light. |
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| has_related_synonym |
visual apparatus light-detecting organ |
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| label |
eye |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0000970 |
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| prefLabel |
eye |
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