| Term: | heart tube heart looping |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | heart tube |
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| Definition: | Cavitated compound organ that will become the adult heart following looping morphogenesis and valve formation. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000360] |
| Name: | heart looping |
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| Synonyms: | cardiac looping |
| Definition: | The tube morphogenesis process in which the primitive heart tube loops asymmetrically. This looping brings the primitive heart chambers into alignment preceding their future integration. Heart looping begins with dextral-looping and ends when the main regional divisions of the mature heart and primordium of the great arterial trunks become established preceding septation. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0001947] QuickGO AmiGO |