An organ that detects light. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- EFO:0000827
- GAID:69
- MESH:D005123
- BTO:0000439
- MIAA:0000140
- MAT:0000140
- EV:0100336
- CALOHA:TS-0309
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvViTvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye
- FBbt:00005162
- BILA:0000017
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, organ_slim, functional_classification, major_organ, human_reference_atlas
curator note
- This class encompasses a variety of light-detecting structures from different phyla with no implication of homology, from the compound insect eye to the vertebrate camera-type eye (distinct classes are provided for each)
definition
- An organ that detects light.
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- visual apparatus
- light-detecting organ
has relational adjective
- ocular
- optic
id
- UBERON:0000970
present in taxon
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
structure notes
- Note that whilst this is classified as an organ, it is in fact more of a unit composed of different structures: in Drosophila, it includes the interommatidial bristle as a part; we consider here the vertebrate eye to include the eyeball/eye proper as a part, with the eye having as parts (when present): eyelids, conjuctiva,
Term relations
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