An insect gland dorsal to the insect gut, with a function analogous to that of the vertebrate liver. It is a storage organ for fats, glycogen and protein and is a major site of intermediary metabolism. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0007503 ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- GAID:1213
- TGMA:0001856
- TADS:0000321
- EFO:0000810
- MIAA:0000096
- FBbt:00005066
- BTO:0000442
- MESH:D005216
Subsets
efo_slim
definition
- An insect gland dorsal to the insect gut, with a function analogous to that of the vertebrate liver. It is a storage organ for fats, glycogen and protein and is a major site of intermediary metabolism.
editor note
- this term should be ceded to the arthropod anatomy ontology
external definition
- A fatty tissue especially of nearly mature insect larvae that serves as a food reserve[BTO].
has exact synonym
- fat body
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- fat body sensu invertebrata
id
- UBERON:0003917
Term relations
Subclass of:
- organ
- only in taxon some Arthropoda