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caudal region
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Subdivision of an organism along anterior-posterior axis that is the posteriormost region, extending past the anus (or cloaca, if present), consisting of a tail in some fully formed chordates (or a tail bud in embryos). In animals that have a sacral region, this is the region immediately posterior to this. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
Label
caudal region
external ontology notes
We follow XAO is distinguishing the tail region from the tail; the tail bud is part of the tail region; the tail starts after the tail bud
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
tail region, postsacral region, post-anal tail region, post-anal caudal region
id
UBERON:0006071
taxon notes
This region is reduced in humans and corresponds to the coccyx
Term relations
Subclass of:
- subdivision of organism along main body axis
- has skeleton some caudal region of vertebral column
- part of some posterior region of body
- posterior_to some anus