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CROSS-SPECIES ANATOMY - ANNOTATIONS

The Basic subset of the UBERON integrated, cross-species anatomy ontology is downloaded weekly from http://berkeleybop.org/ontologies/uberon/basic.obo. For more information about this ontology see the "About" page on the UBERON website at http://uberon.github.io/about.html.

Term:cheek
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Accession:UBERON:0001567 term browser browse the term
Definition:A fleshy subdivision of one side of the face bounded by an eye, ear and the nose.
Comment:[taxon-note] "In many animals the inside of the cheek is lined with mucous membrane covered with stratified squamous epithelium and supplied with secretions from buccal glands."
Synonyms:related_synonym: buccae;   jowl
 xref: BTO:0001754;   EMAPA:37451;   FMA:46476;   GAID:65;   MA:0002475;   MESH:D002610;   NCI:C13070;   SCTID:182325008;   TAO:0002113;   UMLS:C0007966;   Wikipedia:Cheek;   galen:Cheek
 relational_adjective: buccal



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          lateral structure 0
            cheek 0
              buccal fat pad 0
              buccal gland 0
              buccal mucosa + 0
              buccal salivary gland + 0
              cheek scale row + 0
              facial modiolus 0
              jugal bone + 0
              masseter muscle + 0
              protractor operculi 0
              skin of cheek + 0
Path 2
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              organism subdivision 0
                main body axis 0
                  body proper 0
                    craniocervical region 0
                      head 0
                        subdivision of head 0
                          face 0
                            midface 0
                              cheek 0
                                buccal fat pad 0
                                buccal gland 0
                                buccal mucosa + 0
                                buccal salivary gland + 0
                                cheek scale row + 0
                                facial modiolus 0
                                jugal bone + 0
                                masseter muscle + 0
                                protractor operculi 0
                                skin of cheek + 0
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