| Phenotype: | liver lacks parts or has fewer parts of type bile canaliculus, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | lacks parts or has fewer parts of type |
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| Synonyms: | loss of |
| Definition: | The bearer of this quality has_part < n 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. This case includes the limit case, where the bearer lacks all parts of the specified type. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001999] |
| Name: | bile canaliculus |
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| Definition: | Intercellular space surrounded by the basal surface of the hepatocytes that collect bile. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005163] |