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artery

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001637


An epithelial tube or tree of tibes that transports blood away from the heart[modified from AEO definition]. [ AEO:JB ]

Synonyms: arterial tree organ part, arteries, arterial subtree

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
arteries [ TAO:0000005 ]

UBPROP 0000001

Part of the circulatory system composed of blood vessels which carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.[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 0000007

arterial

UBPROP 0000012

Some arthropods have primitive arterial systems but this term refers to arteries in a true closed circulatory system.

UBPROP 0000202

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_63812

editor note

Note that in FMA an artery is a tree, whereas AEO/JB defines it as a tube; FMA includes a separate class for what it calls the trunk. Classification in this ontology may currently (Jan 2012) represent a mix of both schemes, although we are gradually revising in the direction of the AEO scheme.

has related synonym

arterial vessel, arterial system

id

UBERON:0001637

imported from

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

prefLabel

Artery