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mx id: 10217 | OBO id: OARCS:0000017 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OARCS_0000017
descending artery synonyms: descending aorta, sternal artery
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The artery which is part of the ventral vessel system and connects the heart and the ventral vessel.
written by: Keiler, J. 2013. Curator..

Relationships / properties:
The descending artery is a cardiac artery.
The descending artery is part of the arterial system. The descending artery is part of the cardiac artery system. The descending artery is part of the hemolymph circulatory system. The descending artery is part of the hemolymph vascular system.

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Stylocheiron maximum
Pagurus hirsutiusculus
Petrolisthes eriomerus
Pachycheles rudis
Munidopsis serricornis
Munidopsis polymorpha
Pachycheles rudis
Hapalogaster mertensii
Hapalogaster mertensii

Label usage (sensu)
descending artery by Keiler, J. 2013. Curator..
descending aorta by Burnett, B. R. 1984. STRIATED MUSCLE IN THE WALL OF THE DORSAL ABDOMINAL AORTA OF THE CALIFORNIA SPINY LOBSTER PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS. Journal of Crustacean Biology 4:560-566.
descending artery by Keiler, J., S. Richter, and C. S. Wirkner. 2013. Evolutionary Morphology of the Hemolymph Vascular System in Hermit and King Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomala). Journal of Morphology 274:759-778.
sternal artery by Paterson, N. 1968. The anatomy of the cape rock lobster, Jasus lalandii (H Milne Edwards). Annals of the South African Museum 51:1-232.

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