umbilical cord
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002331
The connecting cord from the developing embryo to the placenta. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9144284 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord MP:0001725 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]
Synonyms: chorda umbilicalis, funiculus umbilicalis
Term info
- CALOHA:TS-1078
- Wikipedia:Umbilical_cord
- MESH:D014470
- FMA:85541
- UMLS:C0041633 (ncithesaurus:Umbilical_Cord)
- GAID:517
- MAT:0000280
- NCIT:C34320
- EV:0100127
- EHDAA2:0000312
- SCTID:280644003
- EMAPA:26115
- BTO:0001415
- EFO:0001415
- MIAA:0000280
- EHDAA:158
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
The connecting cord from the developing embryo or fetus to the placenta. During prenatal development, the umbilical cord comes from the same zygote as the fetus and (in humans) normally contains two arteries (the umbilical arteries) and one vein (the umbilical vein), buried within Wharton's jelly. The umbilical vein supplies the fetus with oxygenated, nutrient-rich blood from the placenta.property_value, external_definition the umbilical arteries return the deoxygenated, nutrient-depleted blood[WP].
umbilical
See notes for connecting stalk
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Umbilicalcord.jpg
yolk stalk, connecting stalk, birth cord, funiculus umbilicalis
uberon
UBERON:0002331
Umbilical cord
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- extraembryonic structure
- connects some placenta
- connects some embryo
- develops from some connecting stalk