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sensory system

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001032

Anatomical system that overlaps the nervous system and is responsible for receiving and processing sensory information. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_system ]

Synonyms: sensory subsystem, sense organs, organa sensuum, sense organ subsystem, sensory systems, sense organs set

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
sensory systems [ TAO:0000282 ]

UBPROP 0000003

An early step in the evolution of neural crest, therefore, may have been the origin of a specific dorsal neural cell population contributing to sensory processing; this would predate the divergence of the amphioxus and vertebrate lineages.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000012

note the distinct between entire sensory system and individual system. this reconciles is_a and part_of distinctions between ssAOs

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Gray722.png

has related synonym

organa sensuum, set of sense organs, sensory organ system

id

UBERON:0001032

prefLabel

sensory system, Set of sense organs