otolith

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002280

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

database cross reference

Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term

otoconia

plural term

otoliths

plural term

statoconia

UBPROP 0000001

Portion of organism substance composed of calcium carbonate located in the otolith organ.[TAO]

UBPROP 0000002

relationship loss: develops_from immature otolith (TAO:0000139)[TAO]

UBPROP 0000007

otolithic, otoconial

UBPROP 0000008

Mammals have many tiny otoconia and fish have three large otoliths[ZFIN:df]

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Bigotolith.jpg

editor note

Currently represented as part of the otolith membrane, but they may also be considered to be embedded in this membrane

has related synonym

otoconial crystal, immature otolith, immature otoliths, otoconia, statoconia, statolith

has obo namespace

uberon

UBERON:0002280

prefLabel

Otolith

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results in development of

composed primarily of

results in formation of

results in morphogenesis of