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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:cecal tonsil
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Accession:UBERON:0013478 term browser browse the term
Definition:A thickened round patch of lymphoid tissue located at the ileocecal junction adjacent to the sacculus rotundus.
Comment:[taxon-note] "In avians the polycryptic cecal tissue is similar to the mammalian palatine tonsil"
Synonyms:exact_synonym: caecal tonsil
 related_synonym: cecal GALT
 xref: SCTID:14239003



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  UBERON ontology 0
    anatomical entity 0
      material anatomical entity 0
        anatomical structure 0
          sac 0
            digestive tract diverticulum 0
              caecum 0
                cecum mucosa 0
                  cecal tonsil 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
                  presumptive structure 0
                    presumptive gut 0
                      digestive tract 0
                        subdivision of digestive tract 0
                          hindgut 0
                            lower digestive tract 0
                              large intestine 0
                                wall of large intestine 0
                                  mucosa of large intestine 0
                                    colonic mucosa 0
                                      cecum mucosa 0
                                        cecal tonsil 0
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