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lymph heart

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A circulatory organ that is reponsible for pumping lymph throughout the body. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]

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Label

lymph heart

database cross reference
id

UBERON:0015202

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8570, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8493, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_8342

structure notes

Lymph hearts consist of three tissue layers, a tunica interna intima consisting of an endothelial cell lining, a middle tunica media that contains the musculature of the lymph heart, and an outer tunica externa made up of fibroelastic tissue [DOI:10.1152/japplphysiol.00201.2013]

taxon notes

Caecilians posses a lymph heart at every segment boundary thus having up to 200 in number.

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