Preferred Label : brain;
Uberon definition : 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].;
Uberon related term : suprasegmental levels of nervous system; the brain; encephalon; suprasegmental structures; synganglion;
Uberon Homology note : (...) 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];
Origin ID : 0000955;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Brain [ICD-11 Extension code]
- Brain [ICNP localization]
- Brain [ICHI extension code]
- Uberon cross reference
- adjacent to
- contributes to morphology of
- develops from
- existence ends during
- has part
- immediate transformation of
- in anterior side of
- located in
- location of
- part of
- surrounded by
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].
