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aorta

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The main trunk of the systemic arterial system that carries blood from the heart to all the organs and other structures of the body, bringing oxygenated blood to all parts of the body in the systemic circulation. [ MESH:A07.231.114.056 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorta http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0000272 ]

Synonyms: trunk of systemic arterial tree, trunk of aortic tree

Term info

database cross reference
  • EFO:0000265
  • UMLS:C0003483 (ncithesaurus:Aorta)
  • galen:Aorta
  • NCIT:C12669
  • MAT:0000035
  • FMA:3734
  • XAO:0003010
  • GAID:469
  • MESH:D001011
  • MIAA:0000035
  • BTO:0000135
  • VHOG:0001523
  • AAO:0010213
  • EV:0100027
  • Wikipedia:Aorta
  • MA:0000062
  • EMAPA:18601
  • CALOHA:TS-0046
  • SCTID:181298001
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, grouping_class, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

The main artery of the circulatory system which carries oxygenated blood from the heart to all the arteries of the body except those of the lungs.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

When vertebrates first appeared, they must have possessed a ventral and dorsal aorta with aortic arches between them.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000008

All amniotes have a broadly similar arrangement to that of humans, albeit with a number of individual variations. In fish, however, there are two separate vessels referred to as aortas. The ventral aorta carries de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the gills; part of this vessel forms the ascending aorta in tetrapods (the remainder forms the pulmonary artery). A second, dorsal aorta carries oxygenated blood from the gills to the rest of the body, and is homologous with the descending aorta of tetrapods. The two aortas are connected by a number of vessels, one passing through each of the gills. Amphibians also retain the fifth connecting vessel, so that the aorta has two parallel arches

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Aorta_scheme.jpg

editor note

This class is currently a mixed bag, encompassing (1) the entirety of the mammalian aorta together with (2) the developmental and phylogenetic homologs of its segments: the ventral aorta and dorsal aortae.

has related synonym

arteria maxima

has narrow synonym

dorsal aorta

id

UBERON:0000947

prefLabel

Aorta

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606