Anatomical system that has as its parts the organs devoted to the ingestion, digestion, and assimilation of food and the discharge of residual wastes. [ NLM:alimentary+system http://flybase.org/reports/gg.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive_system ]
Term information
- MESH:D004064
- BTO:0000058
- TAO:0000339
- EV:0100056
- AAO:0000129
- TADS:0000170
- ZFA:0000339
- BILA:0000082
- MIAA:0000018
- MAT:0000018
- EFO:0000793
- MA:0002431
- WBbt:0005748
- FMA:7152
- XAO:0000125
- galen:DigestiveSystem
- FBbt:00005055
- GAID:278
- ncithesaurus:Digestive_System
- CALOHA:TS-1293
- Wikipedia:Digestive_system
- SCTID:278859004
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
An anatomical system consisting of the alimentary canal and digestive glands responsible for intake, absorption, digestion and excretion of food.[AAO]
many anatomy ontologies consider gastrointestinal system synonymous with digestive system. here we follow MA in dividing digestive system into gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary. hepatobiliary includes the liver and biliary tract. species-specific AO classes are categorized according to whether liver is included. For example, XAO includes liver as part of XAO:0000125 alimentary system, so we assume this class is the more generic class
Term relations
- anatomical system
- capable of some digestive system process
- existence ends during some fully formed stage