loading...| Preferred Name | mucosa | |
| Synonyms |
tunica mucosa region of mucosa mucosa of organ part mucosa of organ organ mucosa mucosal region mucous membrane |
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| Definitions |
A lining of mostly endodermal origin, covered in epithelium, which is involved in absorption and secretion. They line various body cavities that are exposed to the external environment and internal organs. It is at several places continuous with skin: at the nostrils, the lips, the ears, the genital area, and the anus. The sticky, thick fluid secreted by the mucous membranes and gland is termed mucus. The term mucous membrane refers to where they are found in the body and not every mucous membrane secretes mucus[WP] |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000344 |
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| database_cross_reference |
http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361693009 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0026724 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucous_membrane http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13166 CALOHA:TS-2031 MESH:D009092 AEO:0000199 EHDAA2_RETIRED:0003234 BTO:0000886 FMA:85355 OpenCyc:Mx4rvmKNOpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA UMLS:C0026724 EV:0100382 FMA:85358 galen:Mucosa GAID:297 |
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| definition |
A lining of mostly endodermal origin, covered in epithelium, which is involved in absorption and secretion. They line various body cavities that are exposed to the external environment and internal organs. It is at several places continuous with skin: at the nostrils, the lips, the ears, the genital area, and the anus. The sticky, thick fluid secreted by the mucous membranes and gland is termed mucus. The term mucous membrane refers to where they are found in the body and not every mucous membrane secretes mucus[WP] |
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| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Ens.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/Ens.png/200px-Ens.png |
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| external_ontology_notes |
FMA has mucosa vs region of mucosa; these are subtypes of Mucosa: Mucosa of gallbladder, tongue, .... The following are subtypes of Region of mucosa: Mucosa of zone of stomach, trachea, bronchus, dorsum of tongue.... Depends on whether the covered area is an organ or organ component. Uberon does not regard organ vs organ component as crucial distinction and thus collapses these into a single class deliberately |
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| has exact synonym |
mucosa of organ part mucosa of organ organ mucosa mucosal region mucous membrane |
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| has part | ||
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
tunica mucosa region of mucosa |
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| has_relational_adjective |
mucosal |
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| id |
UBERON:0000344 |
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| imported from | ||
| in_subset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#pheno_slim |
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| label |
mucosa |
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| notation |
UBERON:0000344 |
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| prefLabel |
mucosa |
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| spatially_disjoint_from | ||
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