The outflow tract is the portion of the heart through which blood flows into the arteries. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0003151 ]
Synonyms: cardiac outflow tract heart outflow tract
Term information
- VHOG:0000670
- EHDAA2:0001351
- MA:0000100
- EMAPA:16346
- EHDAA:798
- EHDAA:464
- XAO:0004139
pheno_slim
Depending on the species, attached at the cardiac outflow are described the conus arteriosus, the truncus arteriosus and, or the bulbus arteriosus. At the distal limit of these outflow structures, but lying outside the pericardial cavity, is the ventral aorta[PMID:20735616]
Term relations
- anatomical conduit
- channels_into some artery
- part of some heart
- channel for some blood
- channels_from some heart