loading...| Preferred Name | upper respiratory tract | |
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| Definitions |
The segment of the respiratory tract that starts proximally with the nose and ends distally with the cricoid cartilage, before continuing to the trachea. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001557 |
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| ccf_is_provisional |
false |
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| ccf_part_of | ||
| ccf_pref_label |
upper respiratory tract |
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| definition |
The segment of the respiratory tract that starts proximally with the nose and ends distally with the cricoid cartilage, before continuing to the trachea. |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Illu_conducting_passages.svg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Illu_conducting_passages.jpg |
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| external_ontology_notes |
Some specify that the glottis (vocal cords) is the defining line between the upper and lower respiratory tracts;[2] yet even others make the line at the cricoid cartilage. The FMA includes nose, nasopharynx, oropharynx and larynx[WP] |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| id |
UBERON:0001557 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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| label |
upper respiratory tract |
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| notation |
UBERON:0001557 |
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| prefLabel |
upper respiratory tract |
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| present in taxon | ||
| xRef |
SCTID:361381009 VHOG:0000406 EHDAA2:0002136 MA:0000442 EMAPA:17669 Wikipedia:Upper_respiratory_tract FMA:45661 |
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| mutually spatially disjoint with | ||
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