loading...| Preferred Name |
intromittent organ |
| Synonyms |
aedeagus penis copulatory organ |
| Definitions |
An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0008811 |
| capable of part of | |
| database_cross_reference |
TAO:0002036 Wikipedia:Intromittent_organ FBbt:00004850 TGMA:0000585 AAO:0010255 HAO:0000091 |
| definition |
An external organ of a male organism that is specialized to deliver sperm during copulation. Intromittent organs are found most often in terrestrial species, as most aquatic species fertilize their eggs externally, although there are exceptions[WP]. |
| has_narrow_synonym |
aedeagus penis |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
copulatory organ |
| IAO_0000232 |
this is a broad grouping class connecting a number of different analagous organs by their function. We place the insect aedeagus here rather than penis, although this is somewhat arbitrary given the broadness of the current definition |
| id |
UBERON:0008811 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
intromittent organ |
| notation |
UBERON:0008811 |
| only_in_taxon | |
| prefLabel |
intromittent organ |
| UBPROP_0000001 |
Surface structure that is an external structure of a male organism through which sperm is transferred to a female organism during mating.[TAO] |
| subClassOf |