An epithelial tube or tree of tibes that transports blood away from the heart[modified from AEO definition]. [ AEO:JB ]
Synonyms: arterial tree organ part arteries arterial subtree
Term information
- FMA:50720
- UMLS:C0003842 (ncithesaurus:Artery)
- VHOG:0001251
- TAO:0000005
- Wikipedia:Artery
- BTO:0000573
- OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjknZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- EHDAA2:0000143
- MIAA:0000034
- MA:0000064
- CALOHA:TS-0054
- EHDAA2:0003253
- SCTID:362877004
- MESH:D001158
- galen:Artery
- NCIT:C12372
- MAT:0000034
- EFO:0000814
- AEO:0000208
- GAID:468
- EMAPA:35147
- AAO:0010211
- XAO:0000114
- EV:0100026
- ZFA:0000005
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
Part of the circulatory system composed of blood vessels which carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the rest of the body.[AAO]
The appearance of Chordata and subsequently the vertebrates is accompanied by a rapid structural diversification of this primitive linear heart: looping, unidirectional circulation, an enclosed vasculature, and the conduction system.[well established][VHOG]
Some arthropods have primitive arterial systems but this term refers to arteries in a true closed circulatory system.
Note that in FMA an artery is a tree, whereas AEO/JB defines it as a tube; FMA includes a separate class for what it calls the trunk. Classification in this ontology may currently (Jan 2012) represent a mix of both schemes, although we are gradually revising in the direction of the AEO scheme.