An external caudal extension of the body. In chordates, the tail is post-anal, in other animals the anus ends in the tail. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail AEO:0000109 ]
Synonyms: caudal subdivision
Term information
- GAID:1245
- MIAA:0000094
- WBbt:0005741
- Wikipedia:Tail
- EHDAA:9198
- EFO:0000963
- AEO:0000109
- BTO:0001348
- MESH:D013623
- MAT:0000094
- BILA:0000117
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, grouping_class
Note we also have a subclass post-anal tail, for the chordate specific structure. currently defined very generally, inclusive of caudal fin
Term relations
- subdivision of organism along main body axis
- part of some posterior region of body
- in taxon some (not Homo sapiens)
- in taxon some Bilateria