Term Name: cardiac jelly
Synonyms:
Definition: The extracellular matrix between the myocardium and the endocardium. The cardiac jelly plays a central role in the septation of the heart and comprises most of the thickness of the heart wall at early stages, but disappears as the heart differentiates.
Appears at: Segmentation:26+ somites (22.0h-24.0h)
Evident until: Unknown
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001318]

Relationships
is part of: primitive heart tube
is a type of: portion of tissue

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