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sensory system

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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
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core

latin term
organa sensuum [ FMA : 75259 FMA : TA ]

plural term
sensory systems [ TAO : 0000282 ]

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 related synonym

organa sensuum, sensory organ system, set of sense organs

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