| Phenotype: | heart intercalated disc structure, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | heart |
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| Synonyms: | |
| Definition: | Blood pumping organ composed of four components: sinus venosus, atrium, cardiac ventricle and bulbus arteriosus. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000114] |
| Name: | intercalated disc |
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| Synonyms: | intercalated disk |
| Definition: | A complex cell-cell junction at which myofibrils terminate in cardiomyocytes; mediates mechanical and electrochemical integration between individual cardiomyocytes. The intercalated disc contains regions of tight mechanical attachment (fasciae adherentes and desmosomes) and electrical coupling (gap junctions) between adjacent cells. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0014704] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | structure |
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| Synonyms: | conformation, relational structural quality |
| Definition: | A morphology quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's relative position, shape, arrangements and connectivity of an organism's various parts; the pattern underlying its form. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000141] |