loading...| Preferred Name |
otolith organ |
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| Synonyms |
saccule and utricle utricle and saccule otolith organs |
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| Definitions |
The crystalline particles composed of calcium carbonate and a protein which adhere to the gelatinous membrane of the maculae of the utricle and saccule (otolithic membrane). |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002518 |
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| capable of part of | ||
| database_cross_reference |
ZFA:0000559 EFO:0003539 TAO:0000559 MESH:D012444 Wikipedia:Otolith_organ VHOG:0001676 GAID:883 MA:0002841 |
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| definition |
The crystalline particles composed of calcium carbonate and a protein which adhere to the gelatinous membrane of the maculae of the utricle and saccule (otolithic membrane). |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Bigotolith.jpg |
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| editor note |
Representation of utricle, sacule and otoliths in correspondence to other ontologies may require review. In EHDAA2, saccule and utricle are epithelia |
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| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
saccule and utricle utricle and saccule otolith organs |
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| homology_notes |
In fishes, as in other vertebrates, the vestibular end-organs are divided into a gravity receptor system, with three subdivisions and an angular acceleration receptor system. The gravity receptor system on each side consists of utricular, saccular, and lagenar maculae, each covered by an otolith (reference 1); (...)considerations have led to our rethinking issues related to the origin of several aspects of vertebrate hearing, and to the view that many basic auditory functions evolved very early in vertebrate history, and that the functions observed in more `advanced' vertebrates, such as birds and mammals, are frequently modifications of themes first encountered in fishes, and perhaps even more ancestral animals (reference 2).[well established][VHOG] |
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| id |
UBERON:0002518 |
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| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#efo_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#vertebrate_core |
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| label |
otolith organ |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002518 |
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| part_of | ||
| prefLabel |
otolith organ |
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| treeView |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003051 |
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