Anatomical structure that has as its parts two or more multi-tissue structures of at least two different types and which through specific morphogenetic processes forms a single distinct structural unit demarcated by bona fide boundaries from other distinct anatomical structures of different types. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CARO_0000024 ]
Term information
- CARO:0000024
- BILA:0000024
- TGMA:0001837
- HAO:0000024
- AAO:0010015
- VHOG:0001723
- EHDAA2:0003024
- TAO:0000496
- TADS:0000598
- AEO:0000024
- XAO:0003041
- ZFA:0000496
upper_level, organ_slim
this class was introduced for consistency with CARO. However, in this ontology we typically classify organs directly under 'organ' rather than subdividing into compound and simple organs