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

Table 5 Distribution of terms for the human lung drawn from existing ontologies and resources

Category	No.	%	Ontology	No.
Anatomic ontologies	167	55%	Uber Anatomy Ontology (UBERON)	75
			Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA)	47
			Cell Ontology (CL)	41
			Human Developmental Anatomy Ontology, abstract version 2 (EHDAA2)	4
Non-anatomic ontologies	22	7%	National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (NCIT)	5
			NIH Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)	5
			BRENDA Tissue and Enzyme Source Ontology (BTO)	7
			Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT)	3
			Radiology Lexicon (RADLEX)	2
All Existing Terms	189	63%		189
Additional Terms^a	112	37%		112
Total	301	100%		301

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

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