Provisional Cell Ontology

Last uploaded: January 8, 2025
Id http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000165
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000165
Preferred Name

mouth

Definitions
The proximal portion of the digestive tract, containing the oral cavity and bounded by the oral opening. In vertebrates, this extends to the pharynx and includes gums, lips, tongue and parts of the palate. Typically also includes the teeth, except where these occur elsewhere (e.g. pharyngeal jaws) or protrude from the mouth (tusks).
Synonyms
adult mouth
oral vestibule
trophic apparatus
oral region
vestibulum oris
mouth cavity
cavital oralis
vestibule of mouth
stomatodaeum
cavitas oris
cavum oris
rima oris
stoma
regio oralis
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Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class
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