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pharyngeal arch artery

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One of a series of paired embryological vascular structures formed within a pharyngeal arch; in the adult, some of these vessels give rise to the great vessels[MP]. [ MP : 0002672 ]

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Term information

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Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

plural term
pharyngeal arch arteries
abbreviation
PAA [ MP : 0002672 ]
plural term
branchial aortic arches [ ZFA : 0005004 http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-080512-6 ]
latin term
arteriae arcuum pharyngeorum [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_arches ]
plural term
aortic arches [ ZFA : 0005004 ]
plural term
branchial aortic arches [ http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-080512-6 ]
curator note
  • Do not confuse with arch of aorta.
definition
  • One of a series of paired embryological vascular structures formed within a pharyngeal arch; in the adult, some of these vessels give rise to the great vessels[MP].
depicted by
  • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Gray473.png
development notes
  • The third, fourth, and sixth arches, along with the seventh intersegmental arteries and the left dorsal aorta, are the primary contributors to the normal aortic arch and its major thoracic branches
editor note
  • add specific artery derivatives
external definition
  • Paired vessels arching from the ventral to the dorsal aorta through the pharyngeal arches. [TFD][VHOG]
has alternative id
  • UBERON:0004342
has exact synonym
  • PAA
  • embryonic aortic arch artery
  • branchial aortic arches
  • aortic arches
  • aortic arch
  • branchial arch artery
  • pharyngeal arch artery
has related synonym
  • a. arcuum pharyngeorum
  • aortic arch artery
  • branchial aortic arches
  • pharyngeal arch arteries
  • arteriae arcuum pharyngeorum
  • pharyngeal arch artery
homology notes
  • When vertebrates first appeared, they must have possessed a ventral and dorsal aorta with aortic arches between them.[well established][VHOG]
id
  • UBERON:0004363
taxon notes
  • Number varies - Lampreys have 8, hagfishes 15; only up to 6 appear in embryonic development in most gnathostome fishes and all tetrapods