Preferred Name |
valve of inferior vena cava |
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Synonyms |
inferior vena cava valve eustachean valve eustachian valve valvula venae cavae inferioris valve of the inferior vena cava |
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Definitions |
The semicircular fold of endocardium located on the right atrium at the point of attachment of the inferior vena cava; during development this valve helps direct the flow of oxygen-rich blood through the right atrium into the left cardiac atrium via the foramen ovale (preventing blood flowing into the right ventricle). |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0005485 |
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database_cross_reference |
NCIT:C32544 EHDAA2:0002166 Wikipedia:Valve_of_inferior_vena_cava UMLS:C0225848 SCTID:277722006 EHDAA:8631 FMA:9240 |
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definition |
The semicircular fold of endocardium located on the right atrium at the point of attachment of the inferior vena cava; during development this valve helps direct the flow of oxygen-rich blood through the right atrium into the left cardiac atrium via the foramen ovale (preventing blood flowing into the right ventricle). |
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depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Gray493.png |
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editor note |
this class should be subdivided into the embryonic structure and the vestigial adult remnant, a small endocardialfold |
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has exact synonym |
inferior vena cava valve eustachean valve eustachian valve |
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has related synonym |
valvula venae cavae inferioris valve of the inferior vena cava |
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has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
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id |
UBERON:0005485 |
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in_subset | ||
label |
valve of inferior vena cava |
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notation |
UBERON:0005485 |
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part_of | ||
prefixIRI |
UBERON:0005485 |
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prefLabel |
valve of inferior vena cava |
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treeView | ||
UBPROP_0000001 |
Vestigial cardiac valve which is continuous with the valve of the coronary sinus and the crista terminalis. |
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subClassOf |