loading...| Preferred Name |
anus |
| Synonyms |
anal opening anal orifice opening of terminal part of digestive tract |
| Definitions |
Orifice at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to expel feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001245 |
| database_cross_reference |
GAID:312 FMA:15711 OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjaEZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA EV:0100082 WBbt:0005364 NCIT:C43362 TGMA:0001279 BTO:0001680 UMLS:C0003461 MA:0000331 galen:Anus CALOHA:TS-2005 TADS:0000066 FBbt:00047153 http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0003461 |
| definition |
Orifice at the opposite end of an animal's digestive tract from the mouth. Its function is to expel feces, unwanted semi-solid matter produced during digestion, which, depending on the type of animal, may be one or more of: matter which the animal cannot digest, such as bones; food material after all the nutrients have been extracted, for example cellulose or lignin; ingested matter which would be toxic if it remained in the digestive tract; and dead or excess gut bacteria and other endosymbionts. |
| has exact synonym |
anal opening anal orifice opening of terminal part of digestive tract |
| imported from | |
| inSubset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#pheno_slim http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
anus |
| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001245 |
| prefLabel |
anus |
| subClassOf |