Term: atrium cardiac muscle cell differentiation
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Name: atrium
Synonyms:
Definition: Cavitated compound organ that receives inflow of deoxygenated blood and delivers it to a muscular cardiac ventricle. Valves are present to direct flow. There are only two chambers present in the fish heart.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000471]
Name: cardiac muscle cell differentiation
Synonyms: cardiomyocyte differentiation, heart muscle cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a cardiac muscle precursor cell acquires specialized features of a cardiac muscle cell. Cardiac muscle cells are striated muscle cells that are responsible for heart contraction.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0055007]    QuickGO    AmiGO