The rightmost of the two bilaterally symmetrical lymph hearts that can be seen adjacent to somites 3 and 4 by NF stage 40, and can be seen beating by NF stage 43. Lymph hearts are pulsatile organs, present in lower vertebrates, that function to propel lymph into the venous system. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12606281 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20067786 ]
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- right lymph heart
- immune organ
- mesoderm-derived structure
- cavitated compound organ
- develops from some venous endothelium
- part of some lymphatic system
- starts during some NF stage 32