loading...| Preferred Name |
ear |
| Synonyms |
auditory apparatus auris |
| Definitions |
Sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001690 |
| capable of | |
| database_cross_reference |
EV:0100353 AAO:0011014 XAO:0000189 EMAPA:16193 VHOG:0000330 NCIT:C12394 EHDAA2:0000423 MIAA:0000138 galen:Ear UMLS:C0013443 EFO:0000826 Wikipedia:Ear SCTID:1910005 CALOHA:TS-1165 BIRNLEX:1062 MAT:0000138 GAID:62 MESH:D004423 UMLS:C0521421 BTO:0000368 EHDAA:502 FMA:52780 MA:0000236 |
| definition |
Sense organ in vertebrates that is specialized for the detection of sound, and the maintenance of balance. Includes the outer ear and middle ear, which collect and transmit sound waves; and the inner ear, which contains the organs of balance and (except in fish) hearing. Also includes the pinna, the visible part of the outer ear, present in some mammals. |
| depicted by | |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
auditory apparatus auris |
| id |
UBERON:0001690 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#organ_slim |
| label |
ear |
| notation |
UBERON:0001690 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
ear |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
The organ of hearing and of equilibrium. [TFD][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000003 |
Both vertebrate and invertebrate auditory organs are thought to have evolved from primitive mechanosensors, but the nature of the ancestral structure and the evolutionary trajectories followed in distinct animal lineages remain unknown. In particular, we do not know how many types of mechanosensor existed in the protostome-deuterostome ancestor from which insects and vertebrates evolved or whether the PDA had an auditory organ.[well established][VHOG] |
| UBPROP_0000007 |
auricular |
| subClassOf |