| Term: | digestive system compound organ |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | digestive system |
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| Definition: | Anatomical system that processes ingested substances. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000339] |
| Name: | compound organ |
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| Synonyms: | organ |
| Definition: | Anatomical structure that has as its parts two or more multi-tissue structures of at least two different types and which through specific morphogenetic processes forms a single distinct structural unit demarcated by bona fide boundaries from other distinct anatomical structures of different types. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000496] |