Principal unpaired, median artery of the trunk, leading from the paired roots (radices) of the dorsal aorta to the caudal artery. [ GOC:cvs http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-961014-576 ORCiD:0000-0002-2244-7917 ]
Synonyms: dorsal aortic root DA
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- artery
- dorsal aorta
- systemic artery
- thoracic cavity artery
- part of some axial blood vessel
- part of some trunk vasculature
- develops from some vascular cord