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hepatobiliary system
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002423
Term info
Label
hepatobiliary system
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
definition
The part of the digestive system that contains the liver and the biliary system.
external definition
System responsible for the production and movement of bile[ZFIN:curator].
function notes
The hepaticobiliary system is responsible for metabolic and catabolic processing of small molecules absorbed from the blood or gut, hormones and serum proteins, detoxification, storage of glycogen, triglycerides, metals and lipid soluble vitamins and excretion of bile. Included are the synthesis of albumin, blood coagulation factors, complement, and specific binding proteins. The parts are: liver, bile duct, gall bladder and hepatic duct [GO:0061008]
has exact synonym
liver and biliary system, hepaticobiliary system
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
liver/biliary system
id
UBERON:0002423
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical entity
- organ system subdivision
- material entity
- capable of some hepaticobiliary system process
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- has part some biliary system
- part of some digestive system
- has part some liver
- only in taxon some Vertebrata