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reproductive system
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000990
Anatomical system that has as its parts the organs concerned with reproduction. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_system ]
Term info
Label
reproductive system
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, functional_classification
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Penis.svg
editor note
consider splitting genitalia from reproductive system
external definition
Anatomical system which consists of organs and tissues associated with sexual reproduction of the organism.[AAO]
fma set term
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_75572
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
genital tract, animal reproductive system, genital system, genitalia, systemata genitalia, organa genitalia, reproductive tract, reproductive tissue, Geschlechtsorgan
homology notes
Arguably, one of the most important aspects of urbilaterian organogenesis would have been gonadogenesis, since Urbilateria must have successfully generated gametes and developed a strategy for extrusion and fertilization, in order to be the ancestor of all living Bilateria.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0000990