The convex portion of the aorta between the ascending and descending parts of the aorta; branches from it include the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery; the brachiocephalic trunk further splits to form the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 MP : 0004113 ]
Term information
- GAID:471
- BTO:0000157
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_aorta
- EHDAA2:0000132
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181300001
- EMAPA:17613
- VHOG:0001196
- EFO:0002526
- FMA:3768
- MA:0000475
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
- Do not confuse with aortic arch
- The convex portion of the aorta between the ascending and descending parts of the aorta; branches from it include the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery; the brachiocephalic trunk further splits to form the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery.
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Gray506.svg
- The curving portion between the ascending aorta and the descending aorta, giving rise to the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery. [TFD][VHOG]
- arcus aortae
- uberon
- aortic arch
- thoracic aorta
- The double systemic arch arches (left and right) present in amphibians and reptiles become reduced to a single systemic arch - the right in birds, the left in mammals.[well established][VHOG]
- UBERON:0001508
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
- birds have right aortic arch, mammals left.
Term relations
- thoracic aorta
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- develops from some pharyngeal arch artery 4
- contributes to morphology of some thoracic aorta
- part of some thoracic aorta
- connected to some ascending aorta
- has developmental contribution from some aortic sac
- has developmental contribution from some left dorsal aorta