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connects
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002176
c connects a if and only if there exist some b such that a and b are similar parts of the same system, and c connects b, specifically, c connects a with b. When one structure connects two others it unites some aspect of the function or role they play within the system.
Binary relationship: z connects x if and only if there exists some y such that z connects x and y in a ternary connected_to(x,y,z) relationship.
Property info
database cross reference
RO:0002176
definition source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22293552
editor note
this is currently used for both structural relationships (such as between a valve and the chamber it connects) and abstract relationships (anatomical lines and the entities they connect)
example of usage
a 'toe distal phalanx bone' that is connected to a 'toe medial phalanx bone' (an interphalangeal joint *connects* these two bones).,The M8 connects Glasgow and Edinburgh
has obo namespace
uberon
id
connects
page
https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/Modeling-articulations-Design-Pattern,https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/Connectivity-Design-Pattern
shorthand
connects
Property relations
Parents