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neck
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000974
An organism subdivision that extends from the head to the pectoral girdle, encompassing the cervical vertebral column. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
neck
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
curator notes
true necks are considered to be present when the pectoral girdle is separate from the skull - Tiktaalik is the earliest known fish to have a true neck.
depicted by
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Female_neck.jpg
dubious for taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_32443
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
collum, neck (volume)
has relational adjective
cervical
id
UBERON:0000974
Term relations
Subclass of:
- organism subdivision
- part of some craniocervical region
- anteriorly connected to some head
- posteriorly connected to some trunk