A small conical pouch projections located on the upper anterior portion of each atrium of the heart. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auricular_appendage MP:0010489 ]
Synonyms: atrial auricle atrium appendage auricula atrii cardiac auricle heart atrial appendage atrial appendage auricula (cor) auricle of atrium auricle of heart auricular appendage heart atrium auriclular region
Term information
- MA:0002955
- SCTID:305223006
- BTO:0002485
- FMA:77110
- EMAPA:36055
- Wikipedia:Auricular_appendage
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Term relations
- multi-tissue structure
- mesoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some cardiac atrium
- part of some Eumetazoa
- part of some cardiac atrium