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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:brain
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Definition:The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as jellyfish and starfish have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all. In vertebrates, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell[WP].
Comment:[homology-note] "(...) at some stage of its development, every chordate exhibits five uniquely derived characters or synapomorphies of the group: (...) (4) a single, tubular nerve cord that is located dorsal to the notochord (...) (reference 1); The neural tube is destined to differentiate into the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0000157", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0030223693 Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (2001) p.28, ISBN:978-0072528305 Kardong KV, Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution (2006) p.165", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:related_synonym: encephalon;   suprasegmental levels of nervous system;   suprasegmental structures;   synganglion;   the brain
 xref: AAO:0010478;   ABA:Brain;   BAMS:Br;   BAMS:Brain;   BILA:0000135;   BTO:0000142;   CALOHA:TS-0095;   DHBA:10155;   EFO:0000302;   EHDAA2:0000183;   EHDAA:2641;   EHDAA:6485;   EMAPA:16894;   EV:0100164;   FBbt:00005095;   FMA:50801;   GAID:571;   HBA:4005;   MA:0000168;   MAT:0000098;   MBA:8;   MBA:997;   MESH:D001921;   MIAA:0000098;   NCI:C12439;   PBA:3999;   SCTID:258335003;   TAO:0000008;   UMLS:C0006104;   UMLS:C1269537;   VHOG:0000157;   Wikipedia:Brain;   XAO:0000010;   ZFA:0000008;   birnlex:796;   galen:Brain;   neuronames:21
 external_ontology: present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606


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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          ectoderm-derived structure 0
            brain 0
              aggregate regional part of brain + 0
              arthropod optic lobe 0
              brain endothelium 0
              brain gray matter + 0
              brain marginal zone + 0
              brain meninx + 0
              brain ventricle/choroid plexus + 0
              brain white matter + 0
              calcified structure of brain + 0
              cephalopod optic lobe 0
              cerebral subcortex + 0
              composite part spanning multiple base regional parts of brain + 0
              fasciculus of brain + 0
              forebrain-midbrain boundary 0
              insect adult brain + 0
              insect embryonic brain + 0
              insect embryonic/larval brain + 0
              insect supraesophageal ganglion + 0
              midbrain-hindbrain boundary + 0
              mushroom body 0
              neural tube derived brain 0
              pars intercerebralis 0
              regional part of brain + 0
              subarachnoid space of brain + 0
              sulcus of brain + 0
              tract of brain + 0
              vasculature of brain + 0
              venous system of brain 0
              ventricular system of brain + 0
              ventricular zone 0
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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              embryo 0
                embryonic structure 0
                  embryonic tissue 0
                    germ layer / neural crest 0
                      germ layer 0
                        ectoderm 0
                          ectoderm-derived structure 0
                            neurectoderm 0
                              future brain 0
                                brain 0
                                  aggregate regional part of brain + 0
                                  arthropod optic lobe 0
                                  brain endothelium 0
                                  brain gray matter + 0
                                  brain marginal zone + 0
                                  brain meninx + 0
                                  brain ventricle/choroid plexus + 0
                                  brain white matter + 0
                                  calcified structure of brain + 0
                                  cephalopod optic lobe 0
                                  cerebral subcortex + 0
                                  composite part spanning multiple base regional parts of brain + 0
                                  fasciculus of brain + 0
                                  forebrain-midbrain boundary 0
                                  insect adult brain + 0
                                  insect embryonic brain + 0
                                  insect embryonic/larval brain + 0
                                  insect supraesophageal ganglion + 0
                                  midbrain-hindbrain boundary + 0
                                  mushroom body 0
                                  neural tube derived brain 0
                                  pars intercerebralis 0
                                  regional part of brain + 0
                                  subarachnoid space of brain + 0
                                  sulcus of brain + 0
                                  tract of brain + 0
                                  vasculature of brain + 0
                                  venous system of brain 0
                                  ventricular system of brain + 0
                                  ventricular zone 0
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