AnatomicalSystem
A Schema.org Type
- Canonical URL: https://schema.org/AnatomicalSystem
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An anatomical system is a group of anatomical structures that work together to perform a certain task. Anatomical systems, such as organ systems, are one organizing principle of anatomy, and can include circulatory, digestive, endocrine, integumentary, immune, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal, urinary, vestibular, and other systems.
Property | Expected Type | Description |
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Properties from AnatomicalSystem | ||
associatedPathophysiology |
Text | If applicable, a description of the pathophysiology associated with the anatomical system, including potential abnormal changes in the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of the system. |
comprisedOf |
AnatomicalStructure or AnatomicalSystem |
Specifying something physically contained by something else. Typically used here for the underlying anatomical structures, such as organs, that comprise the anatomical system. |
relatedCondition |
MedicalCondition | A medical condition associated with this anatomy. |
relatedStructure |
AnatomicalStructure | Related anatomical structure(s) that are not part of the system but relate or connect to it, such as vascular bundles associated with an organ system. |
relatedTherapy |
MedicalTherapy | A medical therapy related to this anatomy. |
Properties from MedicalEntity | ||
code |
MedicalCode | A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc. |
funding |
Grant | A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
Inverse property: fundedItem |
guideline |
MedicalGuideline | A medical guideline related to this entity. |
legalStatus |
DrugLegalStatus or MedicalEnumeration or Text |
The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply. |
medicineSystem |
MedicineSystem | The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc. |
recognizingAuthority |
Organization | If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine. |
relevantSpecialty |
MedicalSpecialty | If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant. |
study |
MedicalStudy | A medical study or trial related to this entity. |
Properties from Thing | ||
additionalType |
Text or URL |
An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide. |
alternateName |
Text | An alias for the item. |
description |
Text or TextObject |
A description of the item. |
disambiguatingDescription |
Text | A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation. |
identifier |
PropertyValue or Text or URL |
The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details. |
image |
ImageObject or URL |
An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject. |
mainEntityOfPage |
CreativeWork or URL |
Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
Inverse property: mainEntity |
name |
Text | The name of the item. |
potentialAction |
Action | Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role. |
sameAs |
URL | URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website. |
subjectOf |
CreativeWork or Event |
A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
Inverse property: about |
url |
URL | URL of the item. |
Instances of
AnatomicalSystem may appear as a value for the following properties
Property | On Types | Description |
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associatedAnatomy |
MedicalCondition or PhysicalActivity |
The anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity. |
comprisedOf | AnatomicalSystem | Specifying something physically contained by something else. Typically used here for the underlying anatomical structures, such as organs, that comprise the anatomical system. |
expressedIn | Gene | Tissue, organ, biological sample, etc in which activity of this gene has been observed experimentally. For example brain, digestive system. |
partOfSystem | AnatomicalStructure | The anatomical or organ system that this structure is part of. |
regionDrained |
LymphaticVessel or Vein |
The anatomical or organ system drained by this vessel; generally refers to a specific part of an organ. |
relatedAnatomy | SuperficialAnatomy | Anatomical systems or structures that relate to the superficial anatomy. |