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endocardial cushion
- Term ID
- UBERON:0002062
- Synonyms
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- atrioventricular canal cushion
- atrioventricular cushion
- AV cushion
- cardiac cushion
- endocardial cushion tissue
- endocardial cushions
- Definition
- The endocardial cushion is a specialized region of mesenchymal cells that will give rise to the heart septa and valves[GO]. Swellings of tissue present between the endocardial and myocardial cell layers that will give rise to the interstitial cells of the cardiac valves[ZFA]. (2)
- References
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- Atrioventricular:cushions
- EHDAA2:0000434
- EHDAA2:0004028
- EHDAA:2586
- EMAPA:16696
- MA:0000078
- TAO:0001317
- VHOG:0000932
- XAO:0004189
- ZFA:0001317
- Ontology
- Cell Ontology
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