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Embryonic Structures > Fetus > Fetal Heart > Endocardial Cushions
Cardiovascular System > Heart > Fetal Heart > Endocardial Cushions
Cardiovascular System > Heart > Heart Septum > Endocardial Cushions

Preferred term

Endocardial Cushions  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Atrioventricular Canal Cushion
  • Atrioventricular Canal Cushions
  • Endocardial Cushion

Scope note

  • A fetal heart structure that is the bulging areas in the cardiac septum between the HEART ATRIA and the HEART VENTRICLES. During development, growth and fusion of endocardial cushions at midline forms the two atrioventricular canals, the sites for future TRICUSPID VALVE and BICUSPID VALVE.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054089

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