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aortic arches

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aortic arches (arterial arches) Six pairs of arteries in vertebrate embryos, which connect the ventral aorta to the dorsal aorta by running between the gill slits. The arches are numbered I to VI from the anterior end. In adult tetrapods arches I and II are lost, III gives rise to the carotid arteries, IV (one side of which is lost in birds and mammals) becomes the systemic arch supplying the trunk and limbs, V is lost (see ductus arteriosus), and VI gives rise to the pulmonary arch supplying the lungs (see pulmonary artery). In adult fish four to six arches persist as branchial arteries supplying the gills.

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aortic arches

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aortic arches In fish, the arteries supplying the gills, passing from the ventral aorta and then uniting to form the dorsal aorta. In tetrapods they are modified and reduced in number.

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