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mesencephalic artery

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The major artery of the midbrain, which crosses the midbrain medially to meet its partner the mesencephalic vein. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12606281 ]

Term info

Label

mesencephalic artery

Synonyms
  • MsA
database cross reference
abbreviation
MsA [ ZFA : 0001068 ]

axiom lost from external ontology

relationship loss: develops_from primitive mesencephalic artery (TAO:0001062)[TAO]

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external definition

Develops from the proximal portion of the primitive mesencephalic artery[ZFA:0001068, ZFIN:ZDB-PUB-010205-5]., Develops from the proximal portion of the primitive mesencephalic artery. Isogai et al. 2001.[TAO]

id

UBERON:0001634