Reproductive System Ontology

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flow "ReproductiveSystemOntology" v1.0

ENTITY ReproductiveSystemOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Physiology
 SUBJECT: ReproductiveSystem
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Reproductive System Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Physiology"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/physiology/reproductive-system-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY ReproductiveSystem {
 IS_A: PhysiologicalSystem
 FUNCTIONS_IN: [GameteProduction, FertilizationSupport, ReproductiveEndocrineFunction, DevelopmentalSupport]
 INCLUDES: [ReproductiveOrgans, ReproductiveTracts, EndocrineRegulation]
}

ENTITY ReproductiveOrgan {
 PARTICIPATES_IN: ReproductiveFunction
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Gonad, ReproductiveTractOrgan, AccessoryReproductiveOrgan]
}

ENTITY Gonad {
 PRODUCES: Gametes
 PRODUCES: ReproductiveHormones
 MAY_BE: [Ovary, Testis]
}

ENTITY Gamete {
 IS_A: ReproductiveCell
 MAY_BE: [Oocyte, Spermatozoon]
 HAS: HaploidGenome
}

PROCESS Gametogenesis {
 PRODUCES: Gamete
 INCLUDES: [Meiosis, CellularDifferentiation]
}

PROCESS Meiosis {
 IS_A: SpecializedCellDivision
 REDUCES: ChromosomeNumber
 GENERATES: GeneticVariation
}

RULE GametePloidyRule {
 IF meiosis_completes_normally
 THEN mature_gamete SHOULD_HAVE haploid_chromosome_set
}

ENTITY Testis {
 SUBCLASS_OF: Gonad
 SUPPORTS: Spermatogenesis
 PRODUCES: TesticularHormones
}

PROCESS Spermatogenesis {
 PRODUCES: Spermatozoa
 FROM: GermCellPrecursors
 INVOLVES: [MitoticProliferation, Meiosis, Spermiogenesis]
}

ENTITY Spermatozoon {
 SUBCLASS_OF: Gamete
 MAY_CONTAIN: [Head, Midpiece, Flagellum]
 CONTRIBUTES: PaternalGeneticMaterial
}

PROCESS Spermiogenesis {
 DIFFERENTIATES: Spermatid
 INTO: Spermatozoon
}

ENTITY Ovary {
 SUBCLASS_OF: Gonad
 SUPPORTS: Oogenesis
 PRODUCES: OvarianHormones
}

PROCESS Oogenesis {
 PRODUCES: Oocyte
 FROM: GermCellPrecursors
 INVOLVES: MeioticDevelopment
}

ENTITY Oocyte {
 SUBCLASS_OF: Gamete
 CONTRIBUTES: MaternalGeneticMaterialAndCellularComponents
}

ENTITY OvarianFollicle {
 CONTAINS: DevelopingOocyte
 PARTICIPATES_IN: OvarianHormoneProduction
}

PROCESS Folliculogenesis {
 DEVELOPS: OvarianFollicle
}

PROCESS Ovulation {
 RELEASES: Oocyte
 FROM: Ovary
}

ENTITY CorpusLuteum {
 FORMS_FROM: PostOvulatoryFollicularTissue
 PRODUCES: ReproductiveHormones
}

ENTITY ReproductiveTract {
 TRANSPORTS_OR_SUPPORTS: GametesAndReproductiveProcesses
}

ENTITY Uterus {
 IS_A: ReproductiveOrgan
 MAY_SUPPORT: ImplantationAndDevelopment
}

ENTITY Endometrium {
 LINES: Uterus
 UNDERGOES: CyclicRemodelling
}

ENTITY FallopianTube {
 TRANSPORTS: OocyteOrEarlyConceptus
 MAY_BE_SITE_OF: Fertilization
}

ENTITY Cervix {
 PART_OF: ReproductiveTract
 CONNECTS: UterusAndVaginalCanal
}

ENTITY Vagina {
 PART_OF: ReproductiveTract
}

ENTITY Epididymis {
 SUPPORTS: SpermMaturationAndStorage
}

ENTITY VasDeferens {
 TRANSPORTS: Sperm
}

ENTITY Prostate {
 IS_A: AccessoryReproductiveOrgan
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: SeminalFluid
}

ENTITY SeminalVesicle {
 IS_A: AccessoryReproductiveOrgan
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: SeminalFluid
}

PROCESS ReproductiveEndocrineRegulation {
 COORDINATES: GonadalAndReproductiveFunction
}

PROCESS HypothalamicPituitaryGonadalAxis {
 ABBREVIATION: HPG_Axis
 CONNECTS: [Hypothalamus, PituitaryGland, Gonad]
 REGULATES: ReproductiveFunction
}

ENTITY GonadotropinReleasingHormone {
 ABBREVIATION: GnRH
 PRODUCED_BY: Hypothalamus
 REGULATES: PituitaryGonadotropinRelease
}

ENTITY LuteinizingHormone {
 ABBREVIATION: LH
 IS_A: Gonadotropin
 TARGETS: Gonad
}

ENTITY FollicleStimulatingHormone {
 ABBREVIATION: FSH
 IS_A: Gonadotropin
 TARGETS: Gonad
}

ENTITY SexSteroidHormone {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Estrogen, Progesterone, Androgen]
 PARTICIPATES_IN: ReproductiveRegulation
}

PROCESS ReproductiveHormoneFeedback {
 MODULATES: HypothalamicPituitaryGonadalAxis
 MAY_BE: [NegativeFeedback, PositiveFeedback]
}

RULE EndocrineContextRule {
 reproductive_hormone_effect MUST_PRESERVE [
  sex_specific_anatomical_context,
  developmental_stage,
  cycle_or_reproductive_state,
  target_tissue
 ]
}

PROCESS OvarianCycle {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [FollicularPhase, Ovulation, LutealPhase]
}

PROCESS MenstrualCycle {
 INVOLVES: CoordinatedOvarianAndEndometrialChanges
}

ENTITY FollicularPhase {
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: FollicularDevelopment
}

ENTITY LutealPhase {
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: CorpusLuteumFunction
}

PROCESS EndometrialCycle {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [MenstrualPhase, ProliferativePhase, SecretoryPhase]
}

RULE CycleContextRule {
 reproductive_cycle_measurement MUST_PRESERVE cycle_phase_and_timepoint
}

PROCESS Fertilization {
 FUSES_OR_COMBINES: GameteContributions
 PRODUCES: Zygote
 REQUIRES: CompatibleGameteInteraction
}

ENTITY Zygote {
 RESULTS_FROM: Fertilization
 HAS: CombinedParentalGeneticMaterial
}

PROCESS SpermCapacitation {
 MODIFIES: SpermFunctionalState
 MAY_SUPPORT: FertilizationCompetence
}

PROCESS AcrosomeReaction {
 RELEASES_OR_EXPOSES: AcrosomalComponents
 MAY_SUPPORT: OocyteInteraction
}

RULE FertilizationConstraint {
 gamete_contact != successful_fertilization
 WITHOUT evidence_of_fusion_or_zygote_formation
}

PROCESS Cleavage {
 DIVIDES: EarlyEmbryonicCells
 WITHOUT_INITIAL_OVERALL_GROWTH
}

ENTITY Blastocyst {
 IS_A: EarlyDevelopmentalStage
 MAY_IMPLANT_IN: Endometrium
}

PROCESS Implantation {
 ATTACHES_AND_EMBEDS: EarlyConceptus
 IN: Endometrium
}

PROCESS Pregnancy {
 SUPPORTS: PrenatalDevelopment
 INVOLVES: [MaternalPhysiology, PlacentalFunction, EmbryonicOrFetalDevelopment]
}

ENTITY Placenta {
 IS_A: TemporaryReproductiveOrgan
 MEDIATES: [MaternalFetalExchange, EndocrineSignalling]
}

PROCESS PlacentalExchange {
 TRANSFERS: [Gases, Nutrients, Metabolites]
 BETWEEN: MaternalAndFetalCompartments
 WITHOUT_NECESSARILY_MIXING: BloodDirectly
}

ENTITY ReproductiveDevelopment {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [SexualDifferentiation, Puberty, ReproductiveMaturation]
}

PROCESS Puberty {
 ESTABLISHES_OR_ADVANCES: ReproductiveMaturity
 INVOLVES: EndocrineAndAnatomicalChanges
}

PROCESS SexualDifferentiation {
 INVOLVES: DevelopmentOfReproductivePhenotype
 DEPENDS_ON: GeneticHormonalAndDevelopmentalContext
}

ENTITY ReproductiveAgeing {
 MAY_CHANGE: [GameteProduction, HormonalState, ReproductiveCapacity]
}

PROCESS Menopause {
 DESCRIBES: EndOfMenstrualCycles
 IN: ApplicablePhysiologicalContext
}

PROCESS ReproductiveBehaviour {
 MAY_INTERACT_WITH: ReproductivePhysiology
}

ENTITY SexualFunction {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Arousal, ErectileResponse, Lubrication, Ejaculation, Orgasm]
 IS: NeurovascularEndocrineIntegratedFunction
}

PROCESS ErectileResponse {
 INVOLVES: NeurovascularRegulation
}

PROCESS Ejaculation {
 INVOLVES: CoordinatedNeuralAndMuscularActivity
}

PROCESS Lactation {
 PRODUCES_AND_DELIVERS: Milk
 AFTER: ReproductiveEndocrineAndDevelopmentalPreparation
}

ENTITY MammaryGland {
 PRODUCES: Milk
 DURING: Lactation
}

ENTITY Prolactin {
 MAY_SUPPORT: MilkProduction
}

ENTITY Oxytocin {
 MAY_SUPPORT: MilkEjectionAndReproductiveSmoothMuscleResponses
}

PROCESS ReproductiveHomeostasis {
 COORDINATES: [HormonalState, Gametogenesis, ReproductiveTractFunction]
}

PROCESS ReproductiveMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [
  HormoneConcentration,
  GameteCount,
  GameteMotility,
  Ovulation,
  CyclePhase,
  GonadalFunction,
  FertilityRelatedFunction
 ]
 MAY_USE: [
  HormoneAssay,
  Microscopy,
  Imaging,
  SemenAnalysis,
  Histology,
  MolecularAssay
 ]
}

ENTITY ReproductiveMeasurementContext {
 HAS: [
  Organism,
  AnatomicalRegion,
  DevelopmentalStage,
  ReproductiveState,
  CyclePhase,
  Method,
  Unit,
  Timepoint
 ]
}

RULE MeasurementContextRule {
 IF reproductive_measurements ARE_COMPARED
 THEN ReproductiveMeasurementContext MUST_BE preserved
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [
  PhysiologicalEvidence,
  EndocrineEvidence,
  CellularEvidence,
  HistologicalEvidence,
  ImagingEvidence,
  GeneticEvidence,
  DevelopmentalEvidence,
  FertilizationEvidence,
  ExperimentalEvidence,
  ComputationalEvidence,
  LiteratureEvidence
 ]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_reproductive_models
  RECORD organism
  RECORD anatomical_region
  RECORD developmental_stage
  RECORD reproductive_state
  RECORD cycle_phase
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION ReproductiveSystem CONTAINS Gonad
RELATION Gonad PRODUCES Gamete
RELATION Gametogenesis USES Meiosis
RELATION Ovary SUPPORTS Oogenesis
RELATION Testis SUPPORTS Spermatogenesis
RELATION HPG_Axis REGULATES Gonad
RELATION Fertilization PRODUCES Zygote
RELATION Blastocyst MAY_UNDERGO Implantation
RELATION Placenta SUPPORTS Pregnancy
RELATION MammaryGland SUPPORTS Lactation

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "reproductive system" ~= "biological reproductive physiological system"
 "HPG axis" ~= "hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis"
 "GnRH" ~= "gonadotropin-releasing hormone"
 "LH" ~= "luteinizing hormone"
 "FSH" ~= "follicle-stimulating hormone"
 "gametogenesis" ~= "biological gamete production"
}

CONFIDENCE ReproductiveSystemAssertion {
 INPUTS: [
  physiological_support,
  endocrine_support,
  cellular_support,
  developmental_support,
  histological_support,
  genetic_support,
  functional_support,
  measurement_quality,
  source_independence,
  semantic_consistency
 ]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE GametogenesisInference {
 IF germ_cell_lineage
 AND meiotic_progression
 AND mature_gamete_characteristics ARE_SUPPORTED
 THEN Gametogenesis MAY_BE_INFERRED
}

RULE OvulationInference {
 IF follicular_release_of_oocyte IS_OBSERVED_OR_STRONGLY_SUPPORTED
 THEN Ovulation MAY_BE_INFERRED
}

RULE EndocrineAxisInference {
 IF hypothalamic_signal influences_pituitary_gonadotropins
 AND gonadotropins influence_gonadal_function
 THEN HPG_Axis_relationship MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE FertilizationInference {
 IF gamete_fusion
 AND zygotic_state ARE_SUPPORTED
 THEN Fertilization MAY_BE_INFERRED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF reproductive_marker correlates_with reproductive_outcome
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT mechanistic_or_interventional_evidence
}

QUERY ReproductiveSystemLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [
  reproductive_organs,
  gonads,
  gametogenesis,
  endocrine_regulation,
  reproductive_cycles,
  fertilization,
  developmental_support,
  reproductive_state,
  measurements,
  evidence,
  confidence
 ]
}

QUERY GametogenesisLookup(gamete_type) {
 RETURN [
  gonad,
  precursor_cells,
  meiotic_stages,
  differentiation,
  mature_gamete_properties,
  hormonal_regulation,
  evidence,
  confidence
 ]
}

QUERY ReproductiveEndocrineLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [
  hypothalamic_signals,
  pituitary_hormones,
  gonadal_hormones,
  target_tissues,
  feedback,
  cycle_or_developmental_state,
  measurements,
  evidence,
  confidence
 ]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_reproductive_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_organism_anatomical_and_developmental_context()
  normalize_reproductive_organ_gamete_and_hormone_identifiers()
  capture_reproductive_state_and_cycle_phase()
  capture_measurement_method_units_and_timepoint()
  map_gametogenesis_and_meiosis()
  map_HPG_axis_and_hormonal_feedback()
  map_fertilization_implantation_and_developmental_relationships()
  map_reproductive_ageing_and_lactation_when_relevant()
  compare_existing_reproductive_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_reproductive_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [
  reproductive_anatomy,
  gonad,
  gamete_identity,
  gametogenesis,
  endocrine_axis,
  reproductive_state,
  cycle_phase,
  fertilization_and_development,
  evidence_provenance,
  confidence
 ]
 REQUIREMENTS: [
  preserve_species_context,
  preserve_anatomical_context,
  preserve_developmental_stage,
  preserve_reproductive_state_and_cycle_phase,
  distinguish_gametogenesis_from_fertilization,
  distinguish_oogenesis_from_ovulation,
  distinguish_gamete_contact_from_fertilization,
  distinguish_hormone_concentration_from_function,
  distinguish_correlation_from_causation,
  preserve_uncertainty
 ]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE ReproductiveSystem
 REQUIRE Gonad
 REQUIRE Gamete
 REQUIRE Gametogenesis
 REQUIRE Meiosis
 REQUIRE Testis
 REQUIRE Ovary
 REQUIRE Spermatogenesis
 REQUIRE Oogenesis
 REQUIRE HypothalamicPituitaryGonadalAxis
 REQUIRE Fertilization
 REQUIRE Zygote
 REQUIRE Pregnancy
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Oogenesis != Ovulation
 ASSERT Gametogenesis != Fertilization
 ASSERT gamete_contact != successful_fertilization
 ASSERT hormone_concentration != reproductive_function
 ASSERT correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "ReproductiveSystemOntology"