Comprehensive anatomic ontologies for lung development: A comparison of alveolar formation and maturation within mouse and human lung

Table 4 Distribution of terms for the mouse lung drawn from existing ontologies and resources

Category	NoNo.	%	Ontology	No.
Anatomic ontologies	15,144	51%	Uber Anatomy Ontology (UBERON)	68
			Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA)	34
			Cell Ontology (CL)	38
			Human Developmental Anatomy Ontology, abstract version 2 (EHDAA2)	4
Non-anatomic ontologies	15	5%	National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (NCIT)	4
			NIH Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	3
			BRENDA Tissue and Enzyme Source Ontology (BTO)	5
			Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT)	1
			Neuroscience Information Framework, Standard Ontology (NIFSTD)	1
			Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine, International Version (SNMI)	1
All existing terms	159	56%		159
Additional terms^a	124	44%		124
Total	283	100%		283

^a, Terms drawn from the scientific literature but not found in any of the ontologies listed in the NCBO Bioportal

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