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vein

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001638


Any of the tubular branching vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vein ]

Synonyms: venous tree organ part

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
venae [ VHOG:0001743 ]

UBPROP 0000001

Part of the circulatory system composed of blood vessels which carry blood from other organs, tissues, and cells to the heart.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

The appearance of Chordata and subsequently the vertebrates is accompanied by a rapid structural diversification of this primitive linear heart: looping, unidirectional circulation, an enclosed vasculature, and the conduction system.[well established][VHOG]

UBPROP 0000202

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_63814

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Venous_system_en.svg

editor note

TODO - check with MA - vein vs venous blood vessel

has related synonym

vascular element, vena, venae

has broad synonym

venous subtree, venous vessel

id

UBERON:0001638

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

prefLabel

Vein