Artery

Breadcrumb: Thing > MedicalEntity > AnatomicalStructure > Vessel > Artery

A type of blood vessel that specifically carries blood away from the heart.

Parent types

Vessel

Properties

Properties for Artery

Property	Expected type	Defined on	Description
arterialBranch	AnatomicalStructure	Artery	The branches that comprise the arterial structure.
supplyTo	AnatomicalStructure	Artery	The area to which the artery supplies blood.

Inherited properties

Property	Expected type	Inherited from	Description
additionalType	Text, URL	Thing	An additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide.
alternateName	Text	Thing	An alias for the item.
associatedPathophysiology	Text	AnatomicalStructure	If applicable, a description of the pathophysiology associated with the anatomical system, including potential abnormal changes in the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of the system.
bodyLocation	Text	AnatomicalStructure	Location in the body of the anatomical structure.
code	MedicalCode	MedicalEntity	A medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
connectedTo	AnatomicalStructure	AnatomicalStructure	Other anatomical structures to which this structure is connected.
description	Text, TextObject	Thing	A description of the item.
diagram	ImageObject	AnatomicalStructure	An image containing a diagram that illustrates the structure and/or its component substructures and/or connections with other structures.
disambiguatingDescription	Text	Thing	A sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
funding	Grant	MedicalEntity	A Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
guideline	MedicalGuideline	MedicalEntity	A medical guideline related to this entity.
identifier	PropertyValue, Text, URL	Thing	The identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
image	ImageObject, URL	Thing	An image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
legalStatus	DrugLegalStatus, MedicalEnumeration, Text	MedicalEntity	The drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
mainEntityOfPage	CreativeWork, URL	Thing	Indicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
medicineSystem	MedicineSystem	MedicalEntity	The system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
name	Text	Thing	The name of the item.
owner	Organization, Person	Thing	A person or organization who owns this Thing.
partOfSystem	AnatomicalSystem	AnatomicalStructure	The anatomical or organ system that this structure is part of.
potentialAction	Action	Thing	Indicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
recognizingAuthority	Organization	MedicalEntity	If applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
relatedCondition	MedicalCondition	AnatomicalStructure	A medical condition associated with this anatomy.
relatedTherapy	MedicalTherapy	AnatomicalStructure	A medical therapy related to this anatomy.
relevantSpecialty	MedicalSpecialty	MedicalEntity	If applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
sameAs	URL	Thing	URL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
study	MedicalStudy	MedicalEntity	A medical study or trial related to this entity.
subjectOf	CreativeWork, Event	Thing	A CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
subStructure	AnatomicalStructure	AnatomicalStructure	Component (sub-)structure(s) that comprise this anatomical structure.
url	URL	Thing	URL of the item.

Example

{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Artery",
  "name": "Example Name",
  "description": "A short description.",
  "url": "/example",
  "arterialBranch": "Example value",
  "supplyTo": "Example value"
}