| Term: | trunk vasculature sprouting angiogenesis |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | trunk vasculature |
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| Definition: | Is an interconnected tubular multi-tissue structure that contains fluid that is actively transported around trunk. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005024] |
| Name: | sprouting angiogenesis |
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| Definition: | The extension of new blood vessels from existing vessels into avascular tissues, this process includes the specialization of endothelial cells into leading tip and stalk cells, proliferation and migration of the endothelial cells and cell adhesion resulting in angiogenic sprout fusion or lumen formation. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0002040] QuickGO AmiGO |