Enum: AnatomicalSide

Anatomical sides as defined in the Biological Spatial Ontology (BSPO).

An anatomical region bounded by a plane perpendicular to an axis through the middle.

URI: valuesets:AnatomicalSide

Permissible Values

Value	Meaning	Description
LEFT	BSPO:0000000
RIGHT	BSPO:0000007
ANTERIOR	BSPO:0000055
POSTERIOR	BSPO:0000056
DORSAL	BSPO:0000063
VENTRAL	BSPO:0000068
LATERAL	BSPO:0000066
MEDIAL	BSPO:0000067
PROXIMAL	BSPO:0000061
DISTAL	BSPO:0000062
APICAL	BSPO:0000057
BASAL	BSPO:0000058
SUPERFICIAL	BSPO:0000004
DEEP	BSPO:0000003
SUPERIOR	BSPO:0000022
INFERIOR	BSPO:0000025
IPSILATERAL	BSPO:0000065
CONTRALATERAL	BSPO:0000060
CENTRAL	BSPO:0000059

Slots

Name	Description
anatomical_side	Anatomical sides as defined in the Biological Spatial Ontology (BSPO)

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

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

LinkML Source

name: AnatomicalSide
description: 'Anatomical sides as defined in the Biological Spatial Ontology (BSPO).

  An anatomical region bounded by a plane perpendicular to an axis through the middle.'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  LEFT:
    text: LEFT
    meaning: BSPO:0000000
    title: Left side of a bilaterally symmetric organism
    aliases:
    - left side
  RIGHT:
    text: RIGHT
    meaning: BSPO:0000007
    title: Right side of a bilaterally symmetric organism
    aliases:
    - right side
  ANTERIOR:
    text: ANTERIOR
    meaning: BSPO:0000055
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: front, rostral, cranial (in head region)
    title: Front/ventral side in most animals, toward the head
    aliases:
    - anterior side
  POSTERIOR:
    text: POSTERIOR
    meaning: BSPO:0000056
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: back, caudal
    title: Back/dorsal side in most animals, toward the tail
    aliases:
    - posterior side
  DORSAL:
    text: DORSAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000063
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: back (in vertebrates), upper (in humans)
    title: Back side of organism (top in humans when standing)
    aliases:
    - dorsal side
  VENTRAL:
    text: VENTRAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000068
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: belly, front (in vertebrates), lower (in humans)
    title: Belly side of organism (front in humans when standing)
    aliases:
    - ventral side
  LATERAL:
    text: LATERAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000066
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: side, outer
    title: Away from the midline
    aliases:
    - lateral side
  MEDIAL:
    text: MEDIAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000067
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: inner, middle
    title: Toward the midline
    aliases:
    - medial side
  PROXIMAL:
    text: PROXIMAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000061
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: commonly used for limbs
    title: Closer to the point of attachment or origin
    aliases:
    - proximal side
  DISTAL:
    text: DISTAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000062
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: commonly used for limbs
    title: Further from the point of attachment or origin
    aliases:
    - distal side
  APICAL:
    text: APICAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000057
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: cells, organs, organisms
    title: At or toward the apex or tip
    aliases:
    - apical side
  BASAL:
    text: BASAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000058
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: cells, organs, organisms
    title: At or toward the base
    aliases:
    - basal side
  SUPERFICIAL:
    text: SUPERFICIAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000004
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: external, outer
    title: Near the surface
    aliases:
    - superficial side
  DEEP:
    text: DEEP
    meaning: BSPO:0000003
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: internal, inner
    title: Away from the surface
    aliases:
    - deep side
  SUPERIOR:
    text: SUPERIOR
    meaning: BSPO:0000022
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: cranial (toward head), upper
    title: Above or upper (in standard anatomical position)
    aliases:
    - superior side
  INFERIOR:
    text: INFERIOR
    meaning: BSPO:0000025
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: caudal (toward tail), lower
    title: Below or lower (in standard anatomical position)
    aliases:
    - inferior side
  IPSILATERAL:
    text: IPSILATERAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000065
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: relative to a reference point
    title: On the same side
    aliases:
    - ipsilateral side
  CONTRALATERAL:
    text: CONTRALATERAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000060
    annotations:
      context:
        tag: context
        value: relative to a reference point
    title: On the opposite side
    aliases:
    - contralateral side
  CENTRAL:
    text: CENTRAL
    meaning: BSPO:0000059
    annotations:
      aliases:
        tag: aliases
        value: middle
    title: At or near the center
    aliases:
    - central side