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organ (Organ)

A somewhat independent BodyPart that performs a specialized function.

Ontology

SUMO / OBJECTS

Superclass(es)

[tree]
entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  corpuscular object  
is subclass of
  organic object  
is subclass of
  anatomical structure  
is subclass of
  body part  
is subclass of
  organ  

Subclass(es)

gland 

Coordinate term(s)

body covering  body junction  body vessel  cell  fruit or vegetable 

Related WordNet synsets

organ
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
organ is kind of (all)...   organ is kind of...   kinds of organ...   kinds of organ (all)...   parts of organ...  
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Axioms (2)

If proc is an instance of organ or tissueprocess, then there exists thing so that proc is located at thing and thing is an instance of organ or thing is an instance of tissue. 
(=>
      (instance ?PROC OrganOrTissueProcess)
      (exists
            (?THING)
            (and
                  (located ?PROC ?THING)
                  (or
                        (instance ?THING Organ)
                        (instance ?THING Tissue)))))
If organ is an instance of organ, then there exists purp so that organ has purpose purp. 
(=>
      (instance ?ORGAN Organ)
      (exists
            (?PURP)
            (hasPurpose ?ORGAN ?PURP)))