Term Name: dorsal aorta
Synonyms: DA, dorsal aortic root
Definition: Principal unpaired, median artery of the trunk, leading from the paired roots (radices) of the dorsal aorta to the caudal artery.
Appears at: Segmentation:26+ somites (22.0h-24.0h)
Evident until: Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000014]

Relationships
develops from: vascular cord
develops into: intersegmental vessel
is part of: axial blood vessel trunk vasculature
has parts: ventral wall of dorsal aorta
is a type of: artery

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