Preferred Label : oral cavity;
Uberon definition : Anatomical cavity at the start of the digestive tract that that is enclosed by the
mouth. The boundaries and contents vary depending on the species. In vertebrates,
the boundaries are the oral opening, the cheeks, the palate and (if present) the palatoglossal
arch - if this is not present then the mouth and pharynx form the oropharyngeal cavity.
The buccal cavity contains the teeth, tongue and palate (when present);
Uberon synonym : cavity of mouth; buccal cavity;
Uberon related term : bucca;
Uberon Homology note : Echinoderms, hemichordates, and chordates are called deuterostomes because the mouth
arises not from the blastopore but from a second invagination at the anterior end
of the larva that pushes in to connect with the archenteron.[well established][VHOG];
Origin ID : 0000167;
UMLS CUI : C0226896;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mouth [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Uberon cross reference
- adjacent to
- continuous with
- contributes to morphology of
- location of
- luminal space of
- part of
Anatomical cavity at the start of the digestive tract that that is enclosed by the
mouth. The boundaries and contents vary depending on the species. In vertebrates,
the boundaries are the oral opening, the cheeks, the palate and (if present) the palatoglossal
arch - if this is not present then the mouth and pharynx form the oropharyngeal cavity.
The buccal cavity contains the teeth, tongue and palate (when present)
