The part of the heart connecting the atrium to the cardiac ventricle[ZFA]. In the developing heart, the constriction between the atrium and ventricle constitutes the atrial canal, and indicates the site of the future atrioventricular valves[WP]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrioventricular_canal https://github.com/obophenotype/uberon/issues/38 ZFA:0001315 ]
Synonyms: AV canal atrio-ventricular canal atrial canal AVC
Term information
- SCTID:341079007
- XAO:0004123
- VHOG:0001473
- EHDAA:764
- Wikipedia:Atrioventricular_canal
- EMAPA:16546
- ZFA:0001315
- FMA:71121
- TAO:0001315
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Term relations
- embryonic structure
- part of some atrioventricular region
- connects some cardiac ventricle
- immediate transformation of some presumptive atrioventricular canal
- connects some cardiac atrium