Term Name: heart rudiment
Synonyms: heart cone, rudimentary heart
Definition: The migrating myocardial precursors of the heart rudiment form a cone like structure between 19.5 hpf and 22 hpf, and eventually telescope out into the primitive heart tube at 24hpf.
Appears at: Segmentation:20-25 somites (19.0h-22.0h)
Evident until: Segmentation:26+ somites (22.0h-24.0h)
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000115]

Relationships
develops from: heart primordium
develops into: primitive heart tube
is part of: cardiovascular system
is a type of: portion of tissue

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