part of part of overlaps overlaps capable of part of capable of part of sensory perception Homo sapiens nervous system sensory system http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Gray722.png Anatomical system that overlaps the nervous system and is responsible for receiving and processing sensory information. sensory subsystem FMA:75259 MA:0002442 FBbt:00007692 EHDAA2:0003094 organa sensuum organa sensuum XAO:0003194 sensory organ system MAT:0000031 An early step in the evolution of neural crest, therefore, may have been the origin of a specific dorsal neural cell population contributing to sensory processing; this would predate the divergence of the amphioxus and vertebrate lineages.[well established][VHOG] note the distinct between entire sensory system and individual system. this reconciles is_a and part_of distinctions between ssAOs BILA:0000099 ZFA:0000282 TAO:0000282 BAMS:SEN MIAA:0000031 set of sense organs VHOG:0001674 NLXANAT:090816 EFO:0000805 sense organs AAO:0000555 sense organ subsystem EMAPA:16192 UBERON:0001032 sensory systems Wikipedia:Sensory_system sense organs set entire sense organ system non-connected functional system