| Term Name: | cardiac jelly |
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| Synonyms: | heart cardiac jelly |
| Definition: | Portion of 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: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0003906] |