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iris

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AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q178748
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Summary

iris is a class of anatomical entity[1]. iris ranks in the top 4% of class of anatomical entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,521 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: uvea[3], particular anatomical entity[4]
  • Part of: uvea[5]
  • Commons category: Iris (eye)[6]
  • Has part(s): pupillary zone[7], collarette[8], ciliary zone[9], iris root[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Iris (anatomy)[11]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[12]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12737[13]
  • Arterial supply: long posterior ciliary arteries[14], anterior ciliary arteries[15]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Anatomy[16]
  • P14541: 1hNGeQ[17]

Why It Matters

iris has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] iris is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). iris. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/iris-q178748
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_iris-q178748_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{iris}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/iris-q178748}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Treisijs · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Anatomy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Anatomy"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1hNGeQ
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Arterial supply → long posterior ciliary arteries, anterior ciliary arteries
    Instance of → class of anatomical entity
    Part of → uvea
    Part of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007560421505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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