mesocardium
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[edit]Noun
[edit]mesocardium
- (anatomy) The structure of splanchnic mesoderm that supports the embryonic heart in the pericardial cavity. In the adult, it refers to any one of two tube-like prolongations of the epicardium. One encloses the aorta and pulmonary trunk and the second all pulmonary veins.[1]
- 2015 September 19, “TBX1 Represses Vegfr2 Gene Expression and Enhances the Cardiac Fate of VEGFR2+ Cells”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- However, in quail, increased VEGF signalling causes endocardial cell hyperplasia in the dorsal mesocardium region and affects heart development.