Any of the hairs that grow at the edge of the upper or lower eyelid. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/anna ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- NCIT:C32576
- GAID:73
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/244201001
- MESH:D005140
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyelash
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0015422
- FMA:53669
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVi41pwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- MA:0002702
- UMLS:C0015422 (ncithesaurus:Eyelash)
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
definition
- Any of the hairs that grow at the edge of the upper or lower eyelid.
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/N2_Human_eye.jpg
fma set term
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_70742
function notes
- eyelashes protect the eye from debris and are sensitive to touch, thus providing a warning that an object is near the eye (which is then closed reflexively)
has exact synonym
- eyelid cilium
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- cilium
- eyelid cilia
- blepharis
- cilia
- hair of eyelid
id
- UBERON:0001702
Term relations
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