Functional system which consists of structures involved in respiration. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_system ]
Synonyms: respiratory system apparatus respiratorius
Term information
- MA:0000327
- EHDAA2:0001604
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjzFJwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- VHOG:0000202
- AAO:0000541
- XAO:0000117
- MIAA:0000030
- MAT:0000030
- EV:0100036
- EMAPA:16727
- CALOHA:TS-1319
- FMA:7158
- EFO:0000804
- EHDAA:2203
- Wikipedia:Respiratory_system
- GAID:78
- UMLS:C0035237 (ncithesaurus:Respiratory_System)
- NCIT:C12779
- BTO:0000203
- SCTID:278197002
- TAO:0000272
- MESH:D012137
- ZFA:0000272
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, functional_classification, human_reference_atlas
The anatomical system in which the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the organism and its environment.[AAO]
There is no doubt that the primitive pattern of vertebrate air-breathing is the buccal pulse pump found in actinopterygian fishes.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- anatomical system
- existence ends during some fully formed stage
- only in taxon some Bilateria
- capable of some respiratory system process
- capable of some respiratory gaseous exchange by respiratory system
- respiratory airway
- chordate pharynx
- respiratory system muscle
- respiratory system mucosa
- cartilage of respiratory system
- respiratory system connective tissue
- respiratory system epithelium
- respiratory system blood vessel
- respiratory system skeletal muscle
- respiratory system smooth muscle
- respiration organ
- respiratory system gland