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Category:GO:0035922 ! foramen ovale closure
name: foramen ovale closure
namespace: biological_process
def: "The morphogenetic process in which the foramen ovale closes after birth, to prevent blood flow between the right and left atria. In the fetal heart, the foramen ovale allows blood to enter the left atrium from the right atrium. Closure of the foramen ovale after birth stops this blood flow." [GOC:BHF, GOC:vk, PMID:19762328, UBERON:0004754, Wikipedia:Foramen_ovale_(heart)]
synonym: "foramen ovale of heart closure" EXACT [UBERON:0004754]
is_a: GO:0009653 ! anatomical structure morphogenesis
relationship: part_of: GO:0060411 ! cardiac septum morphogenesis
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<GOterm>GO:0035922</GOterm>
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