Term: | heart heart looping |
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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: | 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 |
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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 |