Term Name: | cardiac neural crest |
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Synonyms: | cardiac neural crest complex, complexus cristae neuralis cardiacus |
Definition: | portion of neural crest that develops from the dorsal neural tube. It overlaps the vagal neural crest and migrates to populate the pharyngeal arches 3, 4 and 6 (producing structures in the head) and to the heart, forming connective tissue that separates the great vessels of the heart. [Wikipedia] |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0000095] |