caudal region
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006071
Subdivision of an organism along anterior-posterior axis that is the posteriormost region, extending past the anus (or cloaca, if present), consisting of a tail in some fully formed chordates (or a tail bud in embryos). In animals that have a sacral region, this is the region immediately posterior to this. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term info
- XAO:0000087
This region is reduced in humans and corresponds to the coccyx
We follow XAO is distinguishing the tail region from the tail; the tail bud is part of the tail region; the tail starts after the tail bud
tail region, postsacral region, post-anal tail region, post-anal caudal region
uberon
UBERON:0006071