loading...| Preferred Name |
aortic sac |
| Synonyms |
saccus aorticus |
| Definitions |
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 |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005432 |
| definition |
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 |
| develops_from | |
| has_exact_synonym |
saccus aorticus |
| label |
aortic sac |
| part_of | |
| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0005432 |
| prefLabel |
aortic sac |
| treeView | |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010314 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003498 |