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aortic sac

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The dilated structure that is lined by endothelial cells and located at the arterial pole of the heart just above (distal to) the truncus arteriosus in mammalian embryos; it is the primordial vascular channel from which the aortic arches (and eventually the dorsal aortae) arise; the aortic sac is homologous to the ventral aorta of gill-bearing vertebrates. [ MP:0012510 ]

Synonyms: saccus aorticus

Term info

database cross reference
  • EHDAA:9826
  • EMAPA:36461
  • RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000133
  • FMA:71008
  • SCTID:361527005
  • EHDAA2:0004145
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UBPROP 0000001

the merged ventral aortae of the embryo which supplies blood to the aortic arches[TMD][http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/aortic+sac].

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UBERON:0005432

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Aortic sac