loading...| Preferred Name |
sensory system |
| Synonyms |
sensory organ system sense organ subsystem sense organs set sensory systems sense organs sensory subsystem set of sense organs organa sensuum |
| Definitions |
Anatomical system that overlaps the nervous system and is responsible for receiving and processing sensory information. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001032 |
| database_cross_reference |
MIAA:0000031 MAT:0000031 MA:0002442 BILA:0000099 ZFA:0000282 VHOG:0001674 EMAPA:16192 FMA:75259 NLXANAT:090816 EFO:0000805 Wikipedia:Sensory_system BAMS:SEN FBbt:00007692 TAO:0000282 XAO:0003194 AAO:0000555 EHDAA2:0003094 |
| definition |
Anatomical system that overlaps the nervous system and is responsible for receiving and processing sensory information. |
| depicted_by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Gray722.png |
| external_ontology_notes |
note the distinct between entire sensory system and individual system. this reconciles is_a and part_of distinctions between ssAOs |
| has_exact_synonym |
sense organ subsystem sense organs set sensory systems sense organs sensory subsystem organa sensuum |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
sensory organ system set of sense organs organa sensuum |
| homology_notes |
An early step in the evolution of neural crest, therefore, may have been the origin of a specific dorsal neural cell population contributing to sensory processing; this would predate the divergence of the amphioxus and vertebrate lineages.[well established][VHOG] |
| id |
UBERON:0001032 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim |
| label |
sensory system |
| notation |
UBERON:0001032 |
| prefLabel |
sensory system |
| subClassOf |