vein
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
- TAO:0000082
- MESH:D014680
- CALOHA:TS-1108
- Wikipedia:Vein
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vein
- UMLS:C0042449 (ncithesaurus:Vein)
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181367001
- EFO:0000816
- EHDAA2:0003254
- SCTID:181367001
- MIAA:0000037
- NCIT:C12814
- BTO:0000234
- XAO:0000115
- MA:0000067
- EV:0100031
- AEO:0000209
- AAO:0010212
- galen:Vein
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0042449
- ZFA:0000082
- VHOG:0001743
- MAT:0000037
- GAID:492
- FMA:50723
- EMAPA:35906
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjkWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Part of the circulatory system composed of blood vessels which carry blood from other organs, tissues, and cells to the heart.[AAO]
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]
venous
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_63814
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Venous_system_en.svg
TODO - check with MA - vein vs venous blood vessel
vascular element, vena, venae
venous subtree, venous vessel
uberon
UBERON:0001638
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Vein