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eye
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000970
An organ that detects light. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
eye
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, organ_slim, major_organ, functional_classification, human_reference_atlas
RO 0002175
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
curator note
This class encompasses a variety of light-detecting structures from different phyla with no implication of homology, from the compound insect eye to the vertebrate camera-type eye (distinct classes are provided for each)
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
light-detecting organ, visual apparatus
has relational adjective
optic, ocular
id
UBERON:0000970
structure notes
Note that whilst this is classified as an organ, it is in fact more of a unit composed of different structures: in Drosophila, it includes the interommatidial bristle as a part; we consider here the vertebrate eye to include the eyeball/eye proper as a part, with the eye having as parts (when present): eyelids, conjuctiva,
Term relations
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is_about
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