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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:vertebral column
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Accession:UBERON:0001130 term browser browse the term
Definition:Subdivision of skeletal system that consists of all the vertebra and associated skeletal elements and joints in the body[modified from VSAO].
Comment:[homology-note] "Vertebrata is characterized by three synapomorphies. First, vertebrates have a backbone composed of vertebrae (...).[well established][VHOG]" xsd:string {date_retrieved="2012-09-17", external_class="VHOG:0001142", ontology="VHOG", source="ISBN:978-0030223693 Liem KF, Bemis WE, Walker WF, Grande L, Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective (2001) p.53", source="http://bgee.unil.ch/"}
Synonyms:narrow_synonym: backbone;   vertebral column skeleton
 broad_synonym: spine
 related_synonym: columna vertebralis;   dorsal spine;   spinal column;   vertebral region
 xref: AAO:0000699;   AAO:0000734;   BTO:0000818;   EFO:0001369;   EHDA:10119;   EMAPA:35919;   FMA:13478;   GAID:106;   MA:0002416;   MESH:D013131;   NCI:C12998;   NCI:C33588;   NIF_Subcellular:sao1145756102;   SCTID:44300000;   TAO:0001559;   UMLS:C0037949;   UMLS:C1519455;   VHOG:0001142;   VSAO:0000185;   Wikipedia:Vertebral_column;   XAO:0003074;   ZFA:0001559;   galen:SpinalColumn
 external_ontology: never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:7762;   present_in_taxon NCBITaxon:9606



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        developing anatomical structure 0
          somite 0
            sclerotome 0
              postcranial axial skeletal system 0
                vertebral column 0
                  Weberian apparatus + 0
                  interpedicular line 0
                  intervertebral joint + 0
                  ligament of vertebral column + 0
                  pygostyle 0
                  space in vertebral column + 0
                  spinal vein 0
                  subdivision of vertebral column + 0
                  synsacrum 0
                  vertebra + 0
                  vertebral canal + 0
                  webbing of bone in vertebral column 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
                    trunk 0
                      trunk mesenchyme 0
                        trunk paraxial mesoderm 0
                          presumptive segmental plate 0
                            presomitic mesoderm 0
                              somite 0
                                sclerotome 0
                                  postcranial axial skeletal system 0
                                    vertebral column 0
                                      Weberian apparatus + 0
                                      interpedicular line 0
                                      intervertebral joint + 0
                                      ligament of vertebral column + 0
                                      pygostyle 0
                                      space in vertebral column + 0
                                      spinal vein 0
                                      subdivision of vertebral column + 0
                                      synsacrum 0
                                      vertebra + 0
                                      vertebral canal + 0
                                      webbing of bone in vertebral column 0
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