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 |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12394 http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/1910005 http://uri.neuinfo.org/nif/nifstd/birnlex_1062 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0521421 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0013443 FMA:52780 UMLS:C0521421 AAO:0011014 GAID:62 EHDAA:502 EV:0100353 MESH:D004423 EHDAA2:0000423 MA:0000236 MIAA:0000138 UMLS:C0013443 XAO:0000189 OpenCyc:Mx4rvViXS5wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjL05wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA VHOG:0000330 BTO:0000368 galen:Ear CALOHA:TS-1165 EFO:0000826 EMAPA:16193 MAT:0000138 |
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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_related_synonym |
auditory apparatus auris |
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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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| label |
ear |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001690 |
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| prefLabel |
ear |
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