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MAMMALIAN PHENOTYPE - ANNOTATIONS

The Mouse Adult Gross Anatomy Ontology and Mammalian Phenotype Ontology are downloaded weekly from the Mouse Genome Informatics databases at Jackson Laboratories (ftp://ftp.informatics.jax.org/pub/reports/index.html). For more information about these ontologies, see the MGI Publications Page at http://www.informatics.jax.org/mgihome/other/publications.shtml.

Term:sacral vertebral fusion
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Accession:MP:0004622 term browser browse the term
Definition:the union of one or more sacral vertebrae into a single structure in species where this does not normally occur
Comment:In humans, vertebrae S1-S5 are normally fused in maturity, with no intervertebral discs. In rodents, these vertebrae remain distinct in adulthood.
Synonyms:exact_synonym: fused sacral vertebrae;   fusion of sacral vertebrae


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  mammalian phenotype 0
    skeleton phenotype 0
      abnormal skeleton morphology 0
        abnormal joint morphology 0
          fused joints 0
            vertebral fusion 0
              sacral vertebral fusion 0
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  mammalian phenotype 0
    skeleton phenotype 0
      abnormal skeleton morphology 0
        abnormal axial skeleton morphology 0
          abnormal vertebral column morphology 0
            abnormal vertebrae morphology 0
              abnormal sacral vertebrae morphology 0
                sacral vertebral fusion 0
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