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aortic sac
- Term ID
- UBERON:0005432
- Synonyms
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- saccus aorticus
- 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
- References
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- EHDAA2:0004145
- EHDAA:9826
- EMAPA:36461
- RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000133
- http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/361527005
- Ontology
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