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aortic valve

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002137

Cardiac valve which has as its parts the anterior, right posterior and left posterior cusps, attached to the fibrous ring of aortic valve.[FMA]. [ FMA:FMA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_valve ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • EMAPA:17870
  • VHOG:0000815
  • NCIT:C12670
  • UMLS:C0003501 (ncithesaurus:Aortic_Valve)
  • EFO:0003879
  • EHDAA2:0000134
  • galen:AorticValve
  • EHDAA:4410
  • MA:0000087
  • SCTID:181287002
  • BTO:0004628
  • GAID:563
  • FMA:7236
  • MESH:D001021
  • Wikipedia:Aortic_valve
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

The valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the ascending aorta, consisting of three semilunar cusps. [TFD][VHOG]

comment

Human variation: It is normally tricuspid (with three leaflets), although in 1% of the population it is found to be congenitally bicuspid (two leaflets)

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Diagram_of_the_human_heart_%28cropped%29.svg

has related synonym

valva aortae

id

UBERON:0002137

prefLabel

aortic valve, Aortic valve

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606