alimentary part of gastrointestinal system
The part of the digestive system that excludes the hepatobiliary system. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
- galen:GastrointestinalTract
- GAID:294
- CALOHA:TS-0407
- SCTID:373871007
- EHDAA2:0000110
- FMA:71132
- UMLS:C0012240 (ncithesaurus:Gastrointestinal_System)
- MESH:D041981
- NCIT:C12378
- BTO:0000058
- EV:0100056
- EMAPA:16246
- VHOG:0000412
- MA:0000323
- EHDAA:514
pheno_slim
The system that includes the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine, anus, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas[ncithesaurus:Gastrointestinal_System].
All metazoans (with degenerate exceptions) have some sort of digestive cavity with a means of entrance to and exit from it.[well established][VHOG]
that many anatomy ontologies consider this synonymous with digestive system. here we follow MA in dividing digestive system into gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary. hepatobiliary includes the liver and biliary tract. species-specific AO classes are categorized according to whether liver is included. For example, XAO includes liver as part of XAO:0000125 alimentary system, so we assume this class is the more generic class. We have one entity that is part of both gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary systems: hepatopancreatic ampulla.
the decision to split digestive and gastrointestinal in this way may be revisited. As it currently stands, this class more closely aligns what MA calls the alimentary system
gastrointestinal (GI) tract, alimentary tract, gastro-intestinal system, gastrointestinal tract, alimentary system, gastrointestinal system, gastroenterological system, GI tract
uberon
UBERON:0005409
Gastrointestinal tract