Preferred Name

apex of heart

Synonyms

apex cordis

cardiac apex

heart apex

Definitions

The apex of the heart is the lowest superficial part of the heart. It is directed downward, forward, and to the left, and is overlapped by the left lung and pleura. [WP,unvetted].

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002098

database_cross_reference

NCIT:C32126

UMLS:C0225811

Wikipedia:Apex_of_the_heart

SCTID:362009004

FMA:7164

MA:0000488

definition

The apex of the heart is the lowest superficial part of the heart. It is directed downward, forward, and to the left, and is overlapped by the left lung and pleura. [WP,unvetted].

depiction

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Gray492.png

external_ontology_notes

FMA also has terms for the apical zone

has exact synonym

apex cordis

cardiac apex

heart apex

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0002098

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#pheno_slim

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim

label

apex of heart

notation

UBERON:0002098

part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000948

prefLabel

apex of heart

treeView

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0000948

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006983

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