arch of aorta
Arcus aortae
In 6 atlases
Definition
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.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Neighbouring structures
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 4177
- TA98
- A12.2.04.001
- FMA
- 3768
- UBERON
- 0001508
- Wikidata
- Q616032