Umbilical Arteries
"Umbilical Arteries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D014469
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.929 A16.378.693.641
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Maulik D, De A, Ragolia L, Evans J, Grigoryev D, Lankachandra K, Mundy D, Muscat J, Gerkovich MM, Ye SQ. Down-regulation of placental neuropilin-1 in fetal growth restriction. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Feb; 214(2):279.e1-279.e9.