| Term Name: | cardiogenic splanchnic mesoderm |
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| Synonyms: | cardiac mesoderm, cardiogenic mesoderm, cardiogenic region, cardiogenic splanchnopleure, heart primordia |
| Definition: | The splanchnic mesoderm in the cardiogenic region where the heart develops; it gives rise to endocardial heart tubes that fuse to form the primordial cardiac tube, the heart primordium[web]. Two migratory heart primordia that move ventrally during the course of neurulation, and then fuse[XAO]. |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [UBERON:0007005] |