difference between bowel and intestine?

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Ontologies for mouse anatomy and development

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difference between bowel and intestine? #62

Open cmungall opened 12 years ago

cmungall commented 12 years ago

"bowel" is often used as a synonym for intestine, but these are siblings in MA:

......po MA:0000323 ! gastrointestinal system [SYNONYM: "alimentary system" (related)] [SYNONYM: "alimentary tract" (related)] .......po MA:0000328 ! intestine .......po MA:0001524 ! bowel

The only child of bowel is "bowel wall". (there is also a "intestine wall").

Original comment by: cmungall

Original Ticket: obo/mouse-anatomy-requests/48

cmungall commented 12 years ago

labels: --> other request

Original comment by: tfhayamizu

cmungall commented 12 years ago

assigned_to: nobody --> hayamizu

Original comment by: tfhayamizu

cmungall commented 12 years ago

There was some ambiguity in usage of the term 'bowel" but, after reviewing annotations and corresponding literature, I don't think that this is sufficiently significant to justify a separate term. Consequently, the plan is to merge the terms and, or course, include the appropriate synonyms.

Original comment by: tfhayamizu

cmungall commented 12 years ago

status: open --> pending

Original comment by: tfhayamizu