| Term: | cardiac jelly cell |
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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: | cardiac jelly |
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| 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. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001318] |
| Name: | cell |
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| Synonyms: | cells |
| Definition: | Anatomical structure that has as its parts a maximally connected cell compartment surrounded by a plasma membrane. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009000] |