One of the anatomic dilations of the ascending aorta, which occurs just above the aortic valve. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_sinus ]
Synonyms: Petit sinus aortic sinus Petit's sinus Valsalva sinus
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Term information
database
cross reference
- MESH:D012850
- Wikipedia:Aortic_sinus
- NCIT:C33557
- GAID:472
- UMLS:C0503361 (ncithesaurus:Sinus_of_Valsava)
- FMA:3745
- SCTID:277732004
- EMAPA:18625
- MA:0003051
Subsets
pheno_slim
Term relations
Subclass of:
- organ part
- mesoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some bulb of aorta
- part of some bulb of aorta