The dilated structure that is lined by endothelial cells and located at the arterial pole of the heart just above (distal to) the truncus arteriosus in mammalian embryos; it is the primordial vascular channel from which the aortic arches (and eventually the dorsal aortae) arise; the aortic sac is homologous to the ventral aorta of gill-bearing vertebrates. [ MP:0012510 ]
Synonyms: saccus aorticus
Term information
- EHDAA2:0004145
- FMA:71008
- SCTID:361527005
- RETIRED_EHDAA2:0000133
- EMAPA:36461
- EHDAA:9826
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the merged ventral aortae of the embryo which supplies blood to the aortic arches[TMD][http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/aortic+sac].