Endocardial Cushions
A fetal heart structure that is the bulging areas in the cardiac septum between the HEART ATRIA and the HEART VENTRICLES. During development, growth and fusion of endocardial cushions at midline forms the two atrioventricular canals, the sites for future TRICUSPID VALVE and BICUSPID VALVE.
Year introduced: 2008
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Tree Number(s): A07.541.459.374, A16.378.303.662
MeSH Unique ID: D054089
Entry Terms:
- Endocardial Cushion
- Atrioventricular Canal Cushions
- Atrioventricular Canal Cushion
- Atrioventricular Canals
- Atrioventricular Canal
- Canal, Atrioventricular