FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

cibarial sense organ

ID (Ontology)

FBbt:00004139 (Fly Anatomy)

Definition

Compound sense organ located in the cibarium of the adult pharynx, near the upper end of the posterior cibarial plate. It comprises two sense organs, dorsal and ventral, that are innervated by gustatory receptor neurons.[ FlyBase:FBrf0035962 FlyBase:FBrf0167539 ]

Comment

This term, as used by Miller in Demerec (1994) refers only to the dorsal cibarial sense organ (Stocker and Schorderet, 1981).

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Full annotation statements	Images	Constructs
cibarial sense organ (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)	2	3

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

adult
 |__adult sense organ______________
adult pharynx                      |
 |__adult cibarium_________________|
rostrum                            |
 |__adult cibarium_________________|
sense organ                        |
 |__adult sense organ______________|
 |__pharyngeal sense organ_________|
pharynx                            |
 |__pharyngeal sense organ_________|
compound sense organ               |
 |__internal compound sense organ__|
anterior ectoderm derivative       |
 |__adult cibarium_________________|
ventral ectoderm derivative        |
 |__adult cibarium_________________|
gut section                        |
 |__adult cibarium_________________|
                                   cibarial sense organ  11 rec.
                                    |__dorsal cibarial sense organ 4 rec.
                                    |   |__anterior sensillum of dorsal cibarial sense organ
                                    |   |__posterior sensillum of dorsal cibarial sense organ
                                    |__ventral cibarial sense organ 5 rec.
                                        |__distal sensillum of ventral cibarial sense organ
                                        |__middle sensillum of ventral cibarial sense organ
                                        |__proximal sensillum of ventral cibarial sense organ

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Relationships
Is a	adult sense organ pharyngeal sense organ internal compound sense organ
Part of	adult cibarium
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