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eye

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000970


An organ that detects light. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • MAT:0000140
  • EFO:0000827
  • CALOHA:TS-0309
  • BILA:0000017
  • MESH:D005123
  • MIAA:0000140
  • BTO:0000439
  • EV:0100336
  • Wikipedia:Eye
  • FBbt:00005162
  • GAID:69
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, organ_slim, major_organ, functional_classification, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000007

optic, ocular

UBPROP 0000010

Note that whilst this is classified as an organ, it is in fact more of a unit composed of different structures: in Drosophila, it includes the interommatidial bristle as a part; we consider here the vertebrate eye to include the eyeball/eye proper as a part, with the eye having as parts (when present): eyelids, conjuctiva,

curator note

This class encompasses a variety of light-detecting structures from different phyla with no implication of homology, from the compound insect eye to the vertebrate camera-type eye (distinct classes are provided for each)

has related synonym

light-detecting organ, visual apparatus

id

UBERON:0000970

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606