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digestive system
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001007
Anatomical system that has as its parts the organs devoted to the ingestion, digestion, and assimilation of food and the discharge of residual wastes. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive_system http://flybase.org/reports/gg.html ]
Term info
Label
digestive system
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
external definition
An anatomical system consisting of the alimentary canal and digestive glands responsible for intake, absorption, digestion and excretion of food.[AAO]
external ontology notes
many anatomy ontologies consider gastrointestinal system synonymous with digestive system. here we follow MA in dividing digestive system into gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary. hepatobiliary includes the liver and biliary tract. species-specific AO classes are categorized according to whether liver is included. For example, XAO includes liver as part of XAO:0000125 alimentary system, so we assume this class is the more generic class
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
alimentary tract, gut, alimentary system, gastrointestinal system
has relational adjective
digestive
id
UBERON:0001007