Any of the tubular branching vessels that carry blood from the capillaries toward the heart. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vein ]

Synonyms: venous tree organ part

This is just here as a test because I lose it

Term information

database cross reference
  • VHOG:0001743
  • GAID:492
  • BTO:0000234
  • AAO:0010212
  • TAO:0000082
  • XAO:0000115
  • MA:0000067
  • EHDAA2:0003254
  • MAT:0000037
  • CALOHA:TS-1108
  • NCIT:C12814
  • FMA:50723
  • MIAA:0000037
  • galen:Vein
  • UMLS:C0042449 (ncithesaurus:Vein)
  • MESH:D014680
  • SCTID:181367001
  • OpenCyc:Mx4rvVjkWpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
  • AEO:0000209
  • EMAPA:35906
  • EV:0100031
  • ZFA:0000082
  • Wikipedia:Vein
  • EFO:0000816
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

UBPROP 0000001

Part of the circulatory system composed of blood vessels which carry blood from other organs, tissues, and cells to the heart.[AAO]

UBPROP 0000003

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]

UBPROP 0000202

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FMA_63814

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Venous_system_en.svg

editor note

TODO - check with MA - vein vs venous blood vessel

has broad synonym

venous subtree

venous vessel

has related synonym

vascular element

vena

venae

id

UBERON:0001638