otolith
Acellular structure composed of calcium carbonate located in the otolith organ. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otolith http://zfin.org/cgi-bin/ZFIN_jump?record=curator ]
Synonyms: statoconium, otoliths, otoconium
Term info
- NCIT:C33230
- EMAPA:37924 (MA:th)
- ANISEED:777311
- TAO:0001621
- SCTID:368951003
- ZFA:0001617
- UMLS:C0029894 (ncithesaurus:Otolith)
- Wikipedia:Otolith
- FMA:77826
- ANISEED:874485
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Portion of organism substance composed of calcium carbonate located in the otolith organ.[TAO]
relationship loss: develops_from immature otolith (TAO:0000139)[TAO]
otolithic, otoconial
Mammals have many tiny otoconia and fish have three large otoliths[ZFIN:df]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Bigotolith.jpg
Currently represented as part of the otolith membrane, but they may also be considered to be embedded in this membrane
otoconial crystal, immature otolith, immature otoliths, otoconia, statoconia, statolith
uberon
UBERON:0002280
Otolith