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sensory system
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001032
Anatomical system that overlaps the nervous system and is responsible for receiving and processing sensory information. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_system ]
Term info
Label
sensory system
Synonyms
- organa sensuum
- sense organ subsystem
- sense organs
- sense organs set
- sensory subsystem
- sensory systems
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Gray722.png
external ontology notes
note the distinct between entire sensory system and individual system. this reconciles is_a and part_of distinctions between ssAOs
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
organa sensuum, set of sense organs, sensory organ system
homology notes
An early step in the evolution of neural crest, therefore, may have been the origin of a specific dorsal neural cell population contributing to sensory processing; this would predate the divergence of the amphioxus and vertebrate lineages.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0001032
Term relations
Subclass of:
- anatomical system
- anatomical entity
- has_part some (part of some nervous system)
- part of some entire sense organ system
Related from: