| Term: | bulbus arteriosus lymph vasculature |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | bulbus arteriosus |
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| Synonyms: | cardiac outflow tract, outflow tract, truncus |
| Definition: | Multi-tissue structure that consists of three layers and through which the blood exits the heart. The bulbus arteriosus is a pear shaped chamber that functions as a capacitor, maintaining continuous blood flow into the gill arches. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000173] |
| Name: | lymph vasculature |
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| Synonyms: | lymph vessel, lymph vessels |
| Definition: | A network of blunt ended vessels lacking direct connection to the blood vascular system. These vessels collect and drain fluids and macromolecules from interstitial spaces throughout the animal. They derive from a subpopulation of endothelial cells and have walls that are much thinner than the blood carrying vessels. The walls are mostly composed of single layer of irregularly shaped endothelial cells. Lymphatic vessels are usually classified as either superficial or deep. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005105] |