An organ that detects light. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- BILA:0000017
- FBbt:00005162
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvViTvpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- EV:0100336
- EFO:0000827
- BTO:0000439
- CALOHA:TS-0309
- GAID:69
- MAT:0000140
- MESH:D005123
- MIAA:0000140
- Wikipedia:Eye
uberon_slim, efo_slim, organ_slim, major_organ, functional_classification, human_reference_atlas
This class encompasses a variety of light-detecting structures from different phyla with no implication of homology, from the compound insect eye to the vertebrate camera-type eye (distinct classes are provided for each)
Note that whilst this is classified as an organ, it is in fact more of a unit composed of different structures: in Drosophila, it includes the interommatidial bristle as a part; we consider here the vertebrate eye to include the eyeball/eye proper as a part, with the eye having as parts (when present): eyelids, conjuctiva,
Term relations
- sense organ
- cellular anatomical structure
- has part some visual pigment cell
- has part some photoreceptor cell
- part of some visual system
- capable of some detection of visible light