National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Id http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12727
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C12727
Preferred Name

Heart
Definitions
A hollow organ located slightly to the left of the middle portion of the chest. It is composed of muscle and it is divided by a septum into two sides: the right side which receives de-oxygenated blood from the body and the left side which sends newly oxygenated blood to the body. Each side is composed of two chambers: the atrium (receiving blood) and ventricle (ejecting blood).
Synonyms
vertebrate heart
chambered heart
Heart structure (body structure)
Cardiac
HEART
Heart
heart
Type http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class

All Properties

label
Heart
Maps_To
Heart
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UBERON:0000948
IMDRF:E06
Legacy Concept Name
Heart
Is_Value_For_GDC_Property
Preferred_Name
Heart
Display_Name
Heart
Semantic_Type
Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component
prefixIRI
Thesaurus:C12727
DEFINITION
A hollow organ located slightly to the left of the middle portion of the chest. It is composed of muscle and it is divided by a septum into two sides: the right side which receives de-oxygenated blood from the body and the left side which sends newly oxygenated blood to the body. Each side is composed of two chambers: the atrium (receiving blood) and ventricle (ejecting blood).
UMLS_CUI
C0018787
code
C12727
subClassOf
type
FULL_SYN
vertebrate heart
chambered heart
Heart structure (body structure)
Cardiac
HEART
Heart
heart
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ALT_DEFINITION
A myogenic muscular circulatory organ found in the vertebrate cardiovascular system composed of chambers of cardiac muscle. It is the primary circulatory organ.
A hollow muscular organ which receives the blood from the veins and pumps it into the arteries.
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