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compound organ

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Anatomical structure that has as its parts two or more multi-tissue structures of at least two different types and which through specific morphogenetic processes forms a single distinct structural unit demarcated by bona fide boundaries from other distinct anatomical structures of different types. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CARO_0000024 ]

Term info

Label

compound organ

database cross reference
Subsets

upper_level, organ_slim

curator note

this class was introduced for consistency with CARO. However, in this ontology we typically classify organs directly under 'organ' rather than subdividing into compound and simple organs

id

UBERON:0003103

Term relations

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