One of a series of paired embryological vascular structures formed within a pharyngeal arch; in the adult, some of these vessels give rise to the great vessels[MP]. [ MP:0002672 ]
Synonyms: PAA embryonic aortic arch artery branchial aortic arches aortic arches aortic arch branchial arch artery pharyngeal arch artery
Term information
- Wikipedia:Aortic_arches
- EFO:0003695
- VHOG:0000122
- EHDAA:7327
- ZFA:0005004
- NCIT:C32123
- EHDAA2:0000186
- UMLS:C0003489 (ncithesaurus:Aortic_Arch)
- AAO:0010414
- EHDAA:398
- TAO:0005004
- XAO:0000341
- EMAPA:16684
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The third, fourth, and sixth arches, along with the seventh intersegmental arteries and the left dorsal aorta, are the primary contributors to the normal aortic arch and its major thoracic branches
Paired vessels arching from the ventral to the dorsal aorta through the pharyngeal arches. [TFD][VHOG]
a. arcuum pharyngeorum
branchial aortic arches
aortic arch artery
pharyngeal arch arteries
arteriae arcuum pharyngeorum
pharyngeal arch artery
When vertebrates first appeared, they must have possessed a ventral and dorsal aorta with aortic arches between them.[well established][VHOG]
Number varies - Lampreys have 8, hagfishes 15; only up to 6 appear in embryonic development in most gnathostome fishes and all tetrapods
Term relations
- presumptive structure
- head blood vessel
- respiratory system artery
- environment associated with an animal part or small animal
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- has potential to develop into some artery
- part of some pharyngeal vasculature
- contributes to morphology of some pharyngeal arch
- part of some pharyngeal arch