Cavitated compound organ which is comprised of gray and white matter and surrounds the cerebral ventricular system.[TAO]
Part of the central nervous system situated within the cranium and composed of both nerve cell bodies and nerve fibers.[AAO]
The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals. Some primitive animals such as jellyfish and starfish have a decentralized nervous system without a brain, while sponges lack any nervous system at all. In vertebrates, the brain is located in the head, protected by the skull and close to the primary sensory apparatus of vision, hearing, balance, taste, and smell[WP].
The part of the central nervous system contained within the cranium, comprising the forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, and metencephalon. It is derived from the anterior part of the embryonic neural tube (or the encephalon). Does not include retina. (CUMBO)
Term information
- BIRNLEX:796
- BTO:0000142
- UMLS:C0006104
- MBA:8
- ABA:Brain
- NCIT:C12439
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1269537
- TAO:0000008
- BAMS:Br
- MA:0000168
- EHDAA:6485
- MESH:D001921
- BAMS:Brain
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain
- EHDAA:2641
- EFO:0000302
- EHDAA2:0000183
- HBA:4005
- MBA:997
- EMAPA:16894
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0006104
- MAT:0000098
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/258335003
- galen:Brain
- MIAA:0000098
- CALOHA:TS-0095
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjT65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- GAID:571
- DHBA:10155
- UMLS:C1269537
- EV:0100164
- ZFA:0000008
- PBA:3999
- VHOG:0000157
- null:http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=21
- XAO:0000010
- BILA:0000135
- FBbt:00005095
- FMA:50801
- AAO:0010478
cumbo, uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, major_organ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain
NCIT:C12439
UMLS:C1269537
MA:0000168
BAMS:Br
BIRNLEX:796
BILA:0000135
VHOG:0000157
EV:0100164
MBA:8
GAID:571
EHDAA2:0000183
galen:Brain
FBbt:00005095
DHBA:10155
TAO:0000008
CALOHA:TS-0095
UMLS:C0006104
EFO:0000302
MAT:0000098
MBA:997
EMAPA:16894
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C1269537
ABA:Brain
MIAA:0000098
XAO:0000010
MESH:D001921
HBA:4005
EHDAA:6485
BTO:0000142
http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=21
http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/258335003
EHDAA:2641
PBA:3999
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0006104
AAO:0010478
ZFA:0000008
OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjT65wpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
BAMS:Brain
FMA:50801
the brain
synganglion
suprasegmental structures
suprasegmental levels of nervous system
encephalon
(...) at some stage of its development, every chordate exhibits five uniquely derived characters or synapomorphies of the group: (...) (4) a single, tubular nerve cord that is located dorsal to the notochord (...) (reference 1); The neural tube is destined to differentiate into the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) (reference 2).[well established][VHOG]