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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:eye gland
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Accession:UBERON:0004859 term browser browse the term
Definition:A gland that is part of a eye. The eye is a compound unit which depending on the species may consist of an eyeballs plus associated ducts and integumentary structures. Eye glands therefore include the various types of lacrimal gland, the various types of apocrine and sebaceous glands associated with the eyelid.
Comment:Examples: harderian gland, accessory lacrimal gland, gland of Moll, gland of Zeis, nictitating membrane glands
Synonyms:exact_synonym: eye-associated gland;   gland of eye
 xref: EMAPA:35334;   MA:0000267



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            organ 0
              gland 0
                eye gland 0
                  Harderian gland + 0
                  eye skin gland + 0
                  eyelid gland + 0
                  lacrimal gland + 0
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Term Annotations click to browse term
  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          multicellular anatomical structure 0
            multicellular organism 0
              anatomical system 0
                entire sense organ system 0
                  sensory system 0
                    visual system 0
                      eye 0
                        eye gland 0
                          Harderian gland + 0
                          eye skin gland + 0
                          eyelid gland + 0
                          lacrimal gland + 0
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