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olfactory epithelium cells #167

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
We have asserted:

      is_a CL:0000710 ! neurecto-epithelial cell
       is_a CL:0002167 ! olfactory epithelial cell *** 
        is_a CL:0000853 ! olfactory epithelial support cell
        is_a CL:0002169 ! basal cell of olfactory epithelium

Def:

CL:0002167 ! olfactory epithelial cell ***  [DEF: "A specialized cell involved 
in sensory perception of smell."]

Is the support cell really involved in perception of smell?

I just added an equiv axiom

'epithelial cell' and capable_of some 'detection of chemical stimulus involved 
in sensory perception of smell'

to be consistent with text def.

However, given the hierarchy I think the intent is that the def should be cell 
of the olfactory epithelium (ie location def, not functional def)

However, this may be rather vertebrate specific - I imagine that there are 
epithelial cells with similar detection capabilities in inverts that are not 
part of the (typically vert-centric) olfactory epithelium

Original issue reported on code.google.com by cmung...@gmail.com on 6 Feb 2015 at 6:50