of a biological_system, such as the heart of an animal.
A state_of_biological_system_component is a biological_
system_component or a temporal_part_of a biological_system_
component.
A state_of_biological_system_component may be a
member_of one or more class_of_state_of_biological_
system_component and one or more kind_of_biological_
system_ component.
An in_place_biological_component is an installed_object that
is in a biological_system.Anin_place_biological_component
may be a member_of one or more class_of_in_place_
biological_component.
17.24.1 Biological_system_component
A biological_object, state_of_biological_system_compo-
nent, and system_component that is any biological_object that
is also a system_component.
EXPRESS specification:
*)
ENTITY biological_system_component
SUBTYPE OF(biological_object, state_of_biological_
system_component, system_component);
SELF\system_component.
component_of :SET [1:1] OF biological_system;
SELF\biological_object.
member_of :OPTIONAL SET [1:?] OF class_of_
biological_system_component;
END_ENTITY;
(*
Attribute definitions:
component_of A comp
onent_of relationship type where a
biological_system_component is a
component_of exactly one biological_system.
member_of A member_of relationship type where a biological_
system_component maybeamember_of one or
more class_of_biological_system_component.
17.24.2 Class_of_biological_system_component
A class_of_biological_object, class_of_state_of_biologica l_
system_component, and class_of_system_component that is
biological_system_component or any of its subsets.
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