Term Name:	vascular cord
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Definition:	The primordial vasculature that will develop into blood vessels by the process of tubulogenesis. The vascular cord is composed of angioblast or vascular endothelial cells in a solid linear mass called a cord. The cord then undergoes tubulogenesis to form the lumen of the vessels.
Appears at:	Segmentation:14-19 somites (16.0h-19.0h)
Evident until:	Segmentation:26+ somites (22.0h-24.0h)
Ontology:	Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005077]

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