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Descriptor English: Umbilical Arteries
Descriptor Spanish: Arterias Umbilicales
Descriptor arterias umbilicales
Scope note: Vasos arteriales especializados del cordón umbilical. Transportan los desechos y sangre desoxigenada del FETO a la madre a través de la PLACENTA. En el hombre suele haber dos arterias umbilicales pero a veces hay sólo una.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artérias Umbilicais
Descriptor French: Artères ombilicales
Entry term(s): Arteries, Umbilical
Artery, Umbilical
Umbilical Artery
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.929
A16.378.693.641
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014469
Scope note: Specialized arterial vessels in the umbilical cord. They carry waste and deoxygenated blood from the FETUS to the mother via the PLACENTA. In humans, there are usually two umbilical arteries but sometimes one.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Umbilical Cord/BS (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
DeCS ID: 14868
Unique ID: D014469
NLM Classification: WG 595.U6
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Umbilical Arteries - Preferred
Concept UI M0022245
Scope note Specialized arterial vessels in the umbilical cord. They carry waste and deoxygenated blood from the FETUS to the mother via the PLACENTA. In humans, there are usually two umbilical arteries but sometimes one.
Preferred term Umbilical Arteries
Entry term(s) Arteries, Umbilical
Artery, Umbilical
Umbilical Artery



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