Cytomer Ontology Browser

Cytomer is an ontology describing the human anatomy and development and comprises morphological structures from the cell level up to parts of the body. Structures are linked to Carnegie stages and under each other with various relations.

The Cytomer ontology can be differently used, depending on the intended use. The tree below displays the class hierarchy of the ontology and gives detailed information of the selected ontology class.
OntoScope is a full featured graphical viewer enabling the user to browse Cytomer as a graph. A Java web start version of OntoScope can be launched here.

The OBA service enables access to Cytomer in a programmatic way for integration into other projects. The oba service extends Cytomer with semantic functions. More information is available on the homepage of the oba project. http://www.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de/projects/oba

You can download the ontology in OWL-format here.

ontology tree

Thing
- anatomical_entity
  - anatomical_building_block
    - part_of_blood_vessel
    - tendon
    - joint
    - first_polar_body
    - anatomical_measure
    - part_of_human_body
    - beard
    - muscle
    - tendon_sheath
    - part_of_fascia
    - nerve_system_element
    - bone
    - group_of_muscles
    - part_of_ligament
    - part_of_bone
    - space
    - organ
    - cartilage
    - physical_liquid
    - part_of_joint
    - ROOT
    - extraembryonic_component
    - tissue
    - ligament
    - cell
    - fascia
    - tooth
    - zygote
    - bursa_of_muscular_system
    - part_of_muscle
    - blood_vessel
    - part_of_tendon_sheath
    - membrane
    - embryonic_structure
    - part_of_membrane
    - part_of_nerve_system_element
    - part_of_lymphatic_vessel
    - lymphatic_vessel
    - junction_element
    - part_of_organ
      - part_of_brain
      - part_of_digestive_organ
      - part_of_endocrin_organ
      - part_of_gland
      - part_of_heart
      - part_of_integument_organ
      - part_of_larynx
      - part_of_lymphatic_organ
      - part_of_pharynx
      - part_of_respiratory_organ
        part_of_lung
        anterior_border_of_lung
        apex_of_lung
        base_of_lung
        bronchi
        bronchial_branches_of_vagus
        bronchial_wall
        costal_surface_of_lung
        diaphragmatic_surface_of_lung
        hilum_of_lung
        inferior_border_of_lung
        interlobar_facies_of_lung
        intrapulmonary_blood_vessels
        left_lung
        mediastinal_surface_of_lung
        oblique_fissure_of_lung_right_and_left
        part_of_bronchi
        part_of_bronchial_wall
        part_of_costal_surface_of_lung
        part_of_interlobar_facies_of_lung
        part_of_intrapulmonary_blood_vessel
        part_of_left_lung
        part_of_mediastinal_surface_of_lung
        part_of_right_lung
        pulmonary_plexus_anterior_and_posterior
        pulmonary_plexus_of_vagus_nerve
        radix_of_lung
        right_lung
        part_of_diaphragma
        part_of_nose
        part_of_trachea
      - part_of_sensory_organ
      - part_of_sexual_organ
      - part_of_spinal_cord
      - part_of_urine_organ
    - gland
    - part_of_tendon
    - part_of_tooth_and_part_of_parodontium
- anatomical_abstract_concept

Details

Name:

bronchi

Alternative name:

Medical name:

Bronchi

Definition:

Any of the larger subdivisions of the trachea, serving to convey air to and from the lungs; having an outer fibrous coat with irregularly placed plates of hyaline cartilage, an interlacing network of smooth muscle and a mucous membrane of columnar ciliated epithelial cells

Present in stage:

Carnegie_Stage_19

Carnegie_Stage_18

Carnegie_Stage_13

Carnegie_Stage_16

Carnegie_Stage_15

Carnegie_Stage_20

Carnegie_Stage_17

adult

Carnegie_Stage_14

Relations:

hasPart	:	bronchial_epithelial_cell
		main_bronchus_of_right_lung
		main_bronchus_of_left_lung
		bronchial_tree
isPartOf	:	lung
		respiratory_organ