Term: heart heart looping
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Name: heart
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Definition: Blood pumping organ composed of four components: sinus venosus, atrium, cardiac ventricle and bulbus arteriosus.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000114]
Name: heart looping
Synonyms: cardiac looping
Definition: The tube morphogenesis process in which the primitive heart tube loops asymmetrically. This looping brings the primitive heart chambers into alignment preceding their future integration. Heart looping begins with dextral-looping and ends when the main regional divisions of the mature heart and primordium of the great arterial trunks become established preceeding septation.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001947]    QuickGO    AmiGO