Preferred Name |
azygos vein |
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Synonyms |
azygos venous tree vena azygos |
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Definitions |
An unpaired vein which in humans arises from the right ascending lumbar vein or the vena cava, enters the thorax through the aortic orifice in the diaphragm, and terminates in the superior vena cava; unlike humans, mice have a single and left-sided azygos vein that develops from the paired embryonic cardinal venous system and drains most of the right and left thoracic walls into the left anterior vena cava[MP]. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001594 |
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connected to | ||
database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C53029 UMLS:C0004526 MESH:D001401 EMAPA:18250 Wikipedia:Azygos_vein galen:AzygosVein FMA:4838 GAID:528 MA:0002085 |
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definition |
An unpaired vein which in humans arises from the right ascending lumbar vein or the vena cava, enters the thorax through the aortic orifice in the diaphragm, and terminates in the superior vena cava; unlike humans, mice have a single and left-sided azygos vein that develops from the paired embryonic cardinal venous system and drains most of the right and left thoracic walls into the left anterior vena cava[MP]. |
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depiction |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Azygos_vein.png |
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develops_from | ||
editor note |
check development relationships in different species |
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has exact synonym |
azygos venous tree |
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has related synonym |
vena azygos |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0001594 |
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in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
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label |
azygos vein |
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notation |
UBERON:0001594 |
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part_of | ||
prefixIRI |
UBERON:0001594 |
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prefLabel |
azygos vein |
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RO_0002175 | ||
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