The convex portion of the aorta between the ascending and descending parts of the aorta; branches from it include the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery; the brachiocephalic trunk further splits to form the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP:0004113 ]
Synonyms: arcus aortae
Term information
- Wikipedia:Arch_of_aorta
- EFO:0002526
- EHDAA2:0000132
- BTO:0000157
- FMA:3768
- SCTID:181300001
- VHOG:0001196
- MA:0000475
- GAID:471
- EMAPA:17613
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
The curving portion between the ascending aorta and the descending aorta, giving rise to the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery. [TFD][VHOG]
The double systemic arch arches (left and right) present in amphibians and reptiles become reduced to a single systemic arch - the right in birds, the left in mammals.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- thoracic aorta
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- develops from some pharyngeal arch artery 4
- contributes to morphology of some thoracic aorta
- part of some thoracic aorta
- connected to some ascending aorta
- has developmental contribution from some aortic sac
- has developmental contribution from some left dorsal aorta