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oral opening
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000166
The orifice that connects the mouth to the exterior of the body. [ https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/wiki/The-digestive-tract ]
Term info
Label
oral opening
Synonyms
- oral fissure
- oral orifice
Subsets
uberon_slim, vertebrate_core
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
mouth, oral part of face
homology notes
(...) mouth development is very similar in protostomes and 'basal' deuterostomes, whereas the chordate mouth seems to develop at a new position. Recent data for echinoderms and hemichordates further suggest that this change in mouth position may result from change in the influence of a conserved ectodermal patterning system on mouth development. It has been suggested that the mouths of vertebrates and urochordates may constitute a 'new' mouth.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0000166