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cardiac neural crest
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portion of neural crest that develops from the dorsal neural tube. It overlaps the vagal neural crest and migrates to populate the pharyngeal arches 3, 4 and 6 (producing structures in the head) and to the heart, forming connective tissue that separates the great vessels of the heart. [Wikipedia] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_neural_crest ]
Term info
Label
cardiac neural crest
Subsets
vertebrate_core
created by
cjm
creation date
2009-07-30T07:57:38Z
external definition
A subpopulation of the cephalic neural crest that emerges from the otic level to the anterior limit of somite 4. It migrates to the heart and is essential for the septation of the outflow track[DOI:10.1242/dev.091751].
external ontology notes
ZFA treats this as a subtype of NC.
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
complexus cristae neuralis cardiacus, cardiac neural crest complex
id
UBERON:0000095
Term relations
Subclass of:
- embryonic tissue
- ectoderm-derived structure
- has part some (part of some vagal neural crest)
- part of some neural crest