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passage

vr.tr.passage-body · PHY.LIV

a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain body passages, relay examples from anatomy, embryology and botany sources, route airway obstruction to emergency services, describe the named hyponyms, and distinguish body passages from vessels as tubular organs, cavities, lumens as interior spaces and non-anatomical passages.

In the WordNet sense, a path, channel or duct in the body through or along which something may pass, with hyponyms the registry aliases name such as the birth canal, the aortic orifice where blood leaves the left ventricle into the aorta, pores in the skin, stomata as openings in plant leaves or surgically created openings, the blastopore, the first opening formed in the embryo during gastrulation, and vents such as the cloacal opening of birds, reptiles and fish; the concept spans anatomy, embryology and botany. Blockages of body passages such as the airway can be emergencies.

What it is for: Naming anatomical channels and openings.

It can be explain the concept; relay examples across fields; describe named hyponyms; route airway emergencies.

Distinguishing features

Allows passage

Anatomical or botanical

Openings and ducts

Varied scales

What it looks like

Channels, openings and pores in organisms, seen in anatomy and microscopy.

Physical character

WordNet hypernym: body part, structure note

blastopore fate: mouth in protostomes, anus in deuterostomes note - textbook simplification

leaf stomata density: often hundreds per square millimetre note - varies by species

How it is recognised

Anatomical path or opening

Vent, blastopore, birth canal, pore, aortic orifice, stoma

Vessels are tubular organs; cavities are enclosed spaces; lumens are interiors of tubes; architectural passages are corridors

Related models

is a kind of - in WordNet terms

body structure

includes -

birth canal

includes -

stoma

is contrasted with -

blood vessel

In practice

Families and kinds

ducts and canals

orifices

pores

stomata

embryonic openings

Identifiers

WordNet oewn-05232895-n hypernym of passage

Standards and regulation

No regulation; anatomical terminology such as Terminologia Anatomica

Failure modes and hazards

Missing airway obstruction

Confusing botanical and surgical stomata

Oversimplifying embryology

Analytical facets

substance
living
origin
natural
agency
inert
mobility
not-applicable
scale
not-applicable
affordances
observable

Also called

ventblastoporebirth canalporeaortic orificestomapassagewaymeatusauditory meatusacoustic meatusear canalauditory canalexternal auditory canalnasal meatusspinal canalvertebral canalcanalis vertebralisorificeopeningportaporta hepatisspiracleblowholestigmaductepithelial ductcanalchannelductuleductuluscanaliculuscanal of SchlemmSchlemm's canalsinus venosus scleraevenous sinussinuscavernous sinussinus cavernosuscoronary sinussinus coronarius

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Where this came from

oewn:2024 · CC BY 4.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a body passage is.

Science.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. Is someone choking or unable to breathe, in which case call emergency services and give first aid for choking? boundary
  2. What is a body passage, and how does it differ from vessels, cavities, lumens and architectural passages? definition

Hyponyms

Named hyponyms.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms.

  1. What are vents, blastopores, birth canals, pores, the aortic orifice and stomata? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific passage? action
Anatomy Human anatomy.

Science.

Orifices

Orifices.

Orifices

Orifices.

  1. What are the major orifices and canals of the human body? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Aortic orifice

Aortic orifice.

Aortic orifice

Aortic orifice.

  1. How does the aortic valve guard the aortic orifice? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Biology Embryology and botany.

Science.

Blastopore

Blastopore.

Blastopore

Blastopore.

  1. What is the blastopore, and how does it distinguish protostomes and deuterostomes? provenance
  2. Which entry fits gastrulation? action

Stomata

Leaf stomata.

Stomata

Stomata.

  1. How do plant stomata control gas exchange? provenance
  2. Which entry fits stoma (botany)? action
Context Medicine.

Context.

Surgical stoma

Surgical stomas.

Surgical stoma

Surgical stoma.

  1. What is a surgical stoma such as a colostomy, and what support exists? provenance
  2. Which entry fits colostomy? action

Vent

Cloacal vent.

Vent

Vent.

  1. What is the vent in birds, reptiles and fish? provenance
  2. Is the information accurate? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should stoma be disambiguated into plant and surgical senses?
  • Should blastopore be a separate entry?
  • How should Terminologia Anatomica be linked?