| Name: | anterior macula |
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| Synonyms: | am, anterior sensory patch |
| Definition: | Macula that is located in the developing anterior inner ear, and gives rise to the macula utricle. (See Anatomical Atlas entry for sensory patches of the ear by T. Whitfield.) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000168] |
| Name: | has fewer parts of type |
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| Synonyms: | decreased number of, has decreased number of, has fewer physical parts of type |
| Definition: | The bearer of this quality has_part < n AND has_part > 0 of the indicated entity type, where n is the normal amount for a comparable organism. Note that the bearer of the quality is the whole, not the part. Formally: If a bearer entity e has fewer parts of type X at time t, then the number of instances x of X at t such that x part_of e is < n, where n is either the normal number for comparable entities, or n is stated explicitly. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0002001] |
| Name: | hair cell anterior macula |
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| Synonyms: | sensory hair cells anterior macula |
| Definition: | Specialized neuronal receptor cells of the anterior macula. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for hair cells by T. Whitfield.) |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000678] |