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Neuro Behavior Ontology
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| Id | http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000947
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000947
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| Preferred Name | aorta |
| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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aorta
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aorta
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UBERON:0000947
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aortic
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All amniotes have a broadly similar arrangement to that of humans, albeit with a number of individual variations. In fish, however, there are two separate vessels referred to as aortas. The ventral aorta carries de-oxygenated blood from the heart to the gills; part of this vessel forms the ascending aorta in tetrapods (the remainder forms the pulmonary artery). A second, dorsal aorta carries oxygenated blood from the gills to the rest of the body, and is homologous with the descending aorta of tetrapods. The two aortas are connected by a number of vessels, one passing through each of the gills. Amphibians also retain the fifth connecting vessel, so that the aorta has two parallel arches
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