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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Umbilical Arteries" by people in Profiles.
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Marsh KA, Draper LM, Rubin PC, Hill SJ. Receptor-stimulated phospholipase C activity in human umbilical artery cultured endothelial cells grown in a low oxygen environment. Biochem Pharmacol. 1997 Dec 15; 54(12):1351-9.
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Hawley J, Rubin PC, Hill SJ. Distribution of receptors mediating phosphoinositide hydrolysis in cultured human umbilical artery smooth muscle and endothelial cells. Biochem Pharmacol. 1995 Mar 30; 49(7):1005-11.