olfactory epithelium
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001997
A sensory epithelium inside the nasal cavity that is responsible for detecting odors[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_epithelium ]
Synonyms: sensory olfactory epithelium, olfactory sensory epithelium, olfactory membrane, main olfactory epithelium, nasal cavity olfactory epithelium
Term info
- FMA:64803
- EHDAA2:0001228
- UMLS:C0599332 (ncithesaurus:Olfactory_Epithelium)
- neuronames:1900 (BIRNLEX:2703)
- AAO:0010158
- MA:0001325
- ZFA:0000554
- UMLS:C0599332 (BIRNLEX:2703)
- EHDAA:4774
- VHOG:0000985
- MAT:0000445
- TAO:0000554
- CALOHA:TS-0703
- EFO:0001972
- Wikipedia:Olfactory_epithelium
- BTO:0000108
- NCIT:C33203
- BIRNLEX:2703
- EMAPA:17606
- SCTID:37623003
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Sensory lining of the medial wall, roof and anterior aspects of the main olfactory cavity (cavum principale).[AAO]
relationship loss: part_of principal cavity (AAO:0000992)[AAO]
Genes: V1Rs, Trpc2 present in lamprey
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Gray857.png
nasal sensory epithelium, MOE, pseudostratified main olfactory epithelium, nasal epithelium
UBERON:0004853
uberon
UBERON:0001997
Olfactory epithelium
Term relations
- sensory epithelium
- nasal cavity epithelium
- has part some olfactory receptor cell
- contributes to morphology of some olfactory system
- capable of part of some detection of chemical stimulus involved in sensory perception of smell
- part of some olfactory segment of nasal mucosa
- part of some somatic nervous system
- develops from some primitive olfactory epithelium
- has part some olfactory epithelial supporting cell
- site_of some neurogenesis
- immediate transformation of some primitive olfactory epithelium