Term Information

Accession
GO:0060047
Name
heart contraction
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
heart beating, cardiac contraction, hemolymph circulation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The multicellular organismal process in which the heart decreases in volume in a characteristic way to propel blood through the body. Source: GOC:dph
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0060047 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of heart contraction (GO:0060047)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
heart contraction [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  blood circulation (GO:0008015)
heart contraction [is_a relation] is_a  heart process (GO:0003015)
Children of heart contraction (GO:0060047)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
cardiac muscle contraction (GO:0060048) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  heart contraction
positive regulation of heart contraction (GO:0045823) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  heart contraction
negative regulation of heart contraction (GO:0045822) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  heart contraction
regulation of heart contraction (GO:0008016) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  heart contraction
None.