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olfactory organ
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An organ that houses olfactory neurons and is responsible for the sense of smell. Examples include the vertebrate nose and the Drosophila dorsal organ. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Term info
Label
olfactory organ
Synonyms
- olfactory organ
- olfactory sense organ
- olfactory sensory organ
Subsets
functional_classification
editor note
An olfactory organ overlaps with the olfactory system, because some parts of the nose (e.g. nasal skeleton) are parts of the skeletal system, which is spatially disjoint
external ontology notes
fma general anatomical term. xao has no subtypes (but Johnstons organ develops from this). An olfactory organ overlaps with the olfactory system, because some parts of the nose (e.g. nasal skeleton) are parts of the skeletal system, which is spatially disjoint
has narrow synonym
main olfactory organ, primary olfactory organ
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
organum olfactorium, olfactory neuroepithelium, organ olfactus
id
UBERON:0002268