Preferred Name |
olfactory organ |
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Synonyms |
olfactory organ olfactory sensory organ olfactory sense organ organum olfactorium olfactory neuroepithelium organ olfactus main olfactory organ primary olfactory organ |
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Definitions |
An organ that houses olfactory neurons and is responsible for the sense of smell. Examples include the vertebrate nose and the Drosophila dorsal organ. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002268 |
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database_cross_reference |
BTO:0001772 VHOG:0000287 FMA:77659 AAO:0010180 FBbt:00005158 XAO:0000273 |
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definition |
An organ that houses olfactory neurons and is responsible for the sense of smell. Examples include the vertebrate nose and the Drosophila dorsal organ. |
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editor note |
An olfactory organ overlaps with the olfactory system, because some parts of the nose (e.g. nasal skeleton) are parts of the skeletal system, which is spatially disjoint |
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has_exact_synonym |
olfactory organ olfactory sensory organ olfactory sense organ |
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has_narrow_synonym |
main olfactory organ primary olfactory organ |
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has_related_synonym |
organum olfactorium olfactory neuroepithelium organ olfactus |
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label |
olfactory organ |
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prefixIRI |
UBERON:0002268 |
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prefLabel |
olfactory organ |
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subClassOf |