Foundational Model of Anatomy

Foundational Model of Anatomy

The Foundational Model of Anatomy Ontology or the FMA, is a reference ontology for the domain of anatomy. It is a symbolic representation of the canonical, phenotypic structure of an organism; a spatial-structural ontology of anatomical entities and relations which form the physical organization of an organism at all salient levels of granularity.

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* [http://sig.biostr.washington.edu/projects/fm/AboutFM.html The Foundational Model of Anatomy Ontology]


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