caudal region

Term ID

UBERON:0006071

Synonyms

• post-anal caudal region
• post-anal tail region
• postsacral region
• tail region

Definition

Subdivision of an organism along anterior-posterior axis that is the posteriormost region, extending past the anus (or cloaca, if present), consisting of a tail in some fully formed chordates (or a tail bud in embryos). In animals that have a sacral region, this is the region immediately posterior to this. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165

References

• XAO:0000087

Ontology

Uberon Ontology