adjacent toImported
x adjacent to y if and only if x and y share a boundary.
x adjacent_to y iff: x and y share a boundary
Defined byro
property Information
Characteristics
Symmetric
editor note
This relation acts as a join point with BSPO
example of usage
- A caterpillar walking on the surface of a leaf is adjacent_to the leaf, if one of the caterpillar appendages is touching the leaf. In contrast, a butterfly flying close to a flower is not considered adjacent, unless there are any touching parts.
- The epidermis layer of a vertebrate is adjacent to the dermis.
- The plasma membrane of a cell is adjacent to the cytoplasm, and also to the cell lumen which the cytoplasm occupies.
- The skin of the forelimb is adjacent to the skin of the torso if these are considered anatomical subdivisions with a defined border. Otherwise a relation such as continuous_with would be used.
has curation status
has_dbxref
has_definition
has_obo_namespace
uberon
imported from
shorthand
adjacent_to
temporal interpretation
term editor
Chris Mungall
property Relations
Subproperty of