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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:sebum
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Accession:UBERON:0001866 term browser browse the term
Definition:Fatty lubricant matter secreted by sebaceous glands, and made of made of triglyceride oils, wax, squalene, and metabolytes of fat-producing cells[BTO,WP].
Comment:[function-note] "waterproofs skin"; [taxon-note] "The composition of sebum varies across species. In humans, the lipid content is as follows: 25% wax monoesters, 41% triglycerides, 16% free fatty acids, 12% squalene; Sapienic acid is a sebum fatty acid that is unique to humans."
Synonyms:xref: BTO:0001981;   ENVO:02000037;   FMA:61304;   GAID:1168;   MA:0002538;   MESH:D012629;   NCI:C13276;   UMLS:C0036511;   Wikipedia:Sebaceous_glands#Sebum



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    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        organism substance 0
          secretion of exocrine gland 0
            sebum 0
              meibum 0
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    anatomical entity 0
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        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              organism substance 0
                secretion of exocrine gland 0
                  sebum 0
                    meibum 0
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