An organ that houses olfactory neurons and is responsible for the sense of smell. Examples include the vertebrate nose and the Drosophila dorsal organ. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
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database
cross reference
- FMA:77659
- VHOG:0000287
- BTO:0001772
- XAO:0000273
- AAO:0010180
- FBbt:00005158
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functional_classification
definition
- An organ that houses olfactory neurons and is responsible for the sense of smell. Examples include the vertebrate nose and the Drosophila dorsal organ.
editor note
- An olfactory organ overlaps with the olfactory system, because some parts of the nose (e.g. nasal skeleton) are parts of the skeletal system, which is spatially disjoint
external ontology notes
- fma general anatomical term. xao has no subtypes (but Johnstons organ develops from this). An olfactory organ overlaps with the olfactory system, because some parts of the nose (e.g. nasal skeleton) are parts of the skeletal system, which is spatially disjoint
has exact synonym
- olfactory organ
- olfactory sensory organ
- olfactory sense organ
has narrow synonym
- main olfactory organ
- primary olfactory organ
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- organum olfactorium
- olfactory neuroepithelium
- organ olfactus
id
- UBERON:0002268
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