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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:hepatobiliary system
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Accession:UBERON:0002423 term browser browse the term
Definition:The part of the digestive system that contains the liver and the biliary system.
Comment:[function-note] "The hepaticobiliary system is responsible for metabolic and catabolic processing of small molecules absorbed from the blood or gut, hormones and serum proteins, detoxification, storage of glycogen, triglycerides, metals and lipid soluble vitamins and excretion of bile. Included are the synthesis of albumin, blood coagulation factors, complement, and specific binding proteins. The parts are: liver, bile duct, gall bladder and hepatic duct [GO:0061008]"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: hepaticobiliary system;   liver and biliary system
 related_synonym: liver/biliary system
 xref: AAO:0011056;   CALOHA:TS-1308;   EFO:0000800;   EHDAA2:0000998;   EHDAA:2189;   EMAPA:16840;   EV:0100088;   MA:0000324;   MAT:0000024;   MIAA:0000024;   NCI:C43612;   TAO:0000036;   UMLS:C1711359;   VHOG:0000294;   Wikipedia:Hepatobiliary_system;   XAO:0000132;   ZFA:0000036



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          anatomical system 0
            digestive system 0
              hepatobiliary system 0
                biliary bud + 0
                biliary system + 0
                liver + 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
              anatomical system 0
                organ system subdivision 0
                  hepatobiliary system 0
                    biliary bud + 0
                    biliary system + 0
                    liver + 0
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