| Term: | cardiac conduction system cardiac cell fate specification |
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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: | cardiac conduction system |
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| Synonyms: | cardiac pacemaker, central conduction system |
| Definition: | Anatomical system located in the heart that initiates and propagates heart contraction. The cardiac pacemaker. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005063] |
| Name: | cardiac cell fate specification |
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| Synonyms: | cardiocyte cell fate specification |
| Definition: | The process involved in the specification of cardiac cell identity. Once specification has taken place, a cell will be committed to differentiate down a specific pathway if left in its normal environment. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060912] QuickGO AmiGO |