An epithelial tube that will give rise to the mature heart. [ GOC:mtg_heart http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0003143 ]
Synonyms: embryonic heart tube endocardial tube endocardial heart tube
Term information
- XAO:0000337
- ZFA:0000360
- AAO:0010411
- TAO:0000360
- NCIT:C34161
- EFO:0003526
- EMAPA:32685
efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
the paired, longitudinal, endothelial-lined channels formed from the cardiogenic mesoderm in embryonic development; angiogenic cell clusters (aka angioblastic cords) located in a horse-shoe shape configuration in the cardiogenic plate coalesce to form the right and left endocardial heart tubes which then fuse in cephalo-caudal direction to form a single primitive heart tube.