A structure consisting of multiple cell components but which is not itself a cell and does not have (complete) cells as a part. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CARO_0001000 ]
Synonyms: multi-cell-part structure multi-cell-component structure
Term information
- AAO:0011000
- FMA:83115
- CARO:0001000
- FBbt:00007060
upper_level
we go with the FMA classification rather than the CARO one. FMA def: 'Anatomical cluster which has as direct parts cell parts from two or more cells.'
Term relations
- material entity
- has part some cellular_component
- bearer of some mass
- bearer of some maximally connected
- bearer of some 3-D shape
- composed primarily of some cellular_component
- existence starts during or after some zygote stage
- part of some multicellular organism
- end stage some death stage