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conus arteriosus

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A conical pouch formed from the upper and left angle of the right ventricle in the chordate heart, from which the pulmonary artery arises[WP]. the anteriosuperior, smooth-walled portion of the cavity of the right ventricle, beginning at the supraventricular crest and terminates in the pulmonary trunk[MP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_arteriosus MP:0009464 ]

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Receives blood from the left atrium and becomes the median truncus arteriosus.[AAO]

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Kardong says absent in adult tetrapods, check AAO

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we use the term CA for the anterior chamber if it is composed of cardiac muscle, contractile, and contains conal valves internally

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UBERON:0003983