The olfactory organ of vertebrates, consisting of nares, olfactory epithelia and the structures and skeletal framework of the nasal cavity. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_cjm ]
Synonyms: nose peripheral olfactory organ nasal sac
Term information
- EHDAA:1502
- TAO:0000047
- EV:0100037
- EHDAA2:0001274
- MAT:0000139
- GAID:77
- Wikipedia:Nose
- FMA:46472
- EV:0100370
- galen:Nose
- SCTID:181195007
- NCIT:C12756
- CALOHA:TS-2037
- MIAA:0000139
- MA:0000281
- UMLS:C0028429 (ncithesaurus:Nose)
- BTO:0000840
- EMAPA:16542
- MESH:D009666
- ZFA:0000047
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, major_organ
Organ that is the specialized structure of the face that contains olfactory neurons. The peripheral olfactory organ is paired[ZFA:0000047].
the organ that is specialized for smell and is part of the respiratory system
a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which admit and expel air for respiration in conjunction with the mouth. Behind the nose are the olfactory mucosa and the sinuses. Behind the nasal cavity, air next passes through the pharynx, shared with the digestive system, and then into the rest of the respiratory system. In humans, the nose is located centrally on the face; on most other mammals, it is on the upper tip of the snout[WP]. GO: The nose is the specialized structure of the face that serves as the organ of the sense of smell and as part of the respiratory system. Includes the nasi externus (external nose) and cavitas nasi (nasal cavity)[Wikipedia:Nose].
the structure of the nose varies across vertebrates. In tetrapods the nose is part of the respiratory system.[PMID:25312359]
Term relations
- olfactory organ
- ectoderm-derived structure
- part of some face
- develops from some olfactory placode
- contributes to morphology of some face
- has skeleton some nasal skeleton
- contributes to morphology of some respiratory system
- capable of part of some sensory perception of smell
- only in taxon some Vertebrata
- has part some nasal skeleton