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Enum: AnatomicalAxis

Anatomical axes defining spatial organization

URI: valuesets:AnatomicalAxis

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
ANTERIOR_POSTERIOR BSPO:0000013
DORSAL_VENTRAL BSPO:0000016
LEFT_RIGHT BSPO:0000017
PROXIMAL_DISTAL BSPO:0000018
APICAL_BASAL BSPO:0000023

Slots

Name Description
anatomical_axis Anatomical axes defining spatial organization

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: AnatomicalAxis
description: Anatomical axes defining spatial organization
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  ANTERIOR_POSTERIOR:
    text: ANTERIOR_POSTERIOR
    meaning: BSPO:0000013
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: AP axis, rostrocaudal axis
    title: Anterior-posterior axis (head-tail axis)
    aliases:
    - anterior-posterior axis
  DORSAL_VENTRAL:
    text: DORSAL_VENTRAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000016
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: DV axis
    title: Dorsal-ventral axis (back-belly axis)
    aliases:
    - dorsal-ventral axis
  LEFT_RIGHT:
    text: LEFT_RIGHT
    meaning: BSPO:0000017
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: LR axis, mediolateral axis
    title: Left-right axis (lateral axis)
    aliases:
    - left-right axis
  PROXIMAL_DISTAL:
    text: PROXIMAL_DISTAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000018
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: commonly used for appendages
    title: Proximal-distal axis
    aliases:
    - transverse plane
  APICAL_BASAL:
    text: APICAL_BASAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000023
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: epithelial cells, plant structures
    title: Apical-basal axis
    aliases:
    - apical-basal gradient