The posterior semicircular canal is a part of the vestibular system and detects rotations of the head in the sagittal plane. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_semicircular_canal ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279762003
- TAO:0000262
- FMA:60190
- MA:0001209
- EHDAA2:0001489
- UMLS:C0229454 (ncithesaurus:Posterior_Semicircular_Canal)
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_semicircular_canal
- AAO:0000420
- ZFA:0000262
- EHDAA:7796
- EMAPA:17296
- NCIT:C33378
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0229454
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
axiom lost from external ontology
- relationship loss: develops_from posterior semicircular canal primordium (TAO:0000412)[TAO]
definition
- The posterior semicircular canal is a part of the vestibular system and detects rotations of the head in the sagittal plane.
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Gray921.png
editor note
- verify AAO
external definition
- One of three fluid-filled toroidal spaces, arranged orthogonally to each other in each ear, that detect angular acceleration. (See Anatomical Atlas entry for semicircular canals by T. Whitfield.)[TAO]
function notes
- detects angular acceleration
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- posterior semicircular canals
- caudal vertical semicircular canal
- pars superior of labyrinth
- canalis semicircularis posterior
- posterior semicircular duct
id
- UBERON:0001842