mesocardium

English

Noun

mesocardium

1. (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.
   • 2015 September 19, “TBX1 Represses Vegfr2 Gene Expression and Enhances the Cardiac Fate of VEGFR2+ Cells”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     However, in quail, increased VEGF signalling causes endocardial cell hyperplasia in the dorsal mesocardium region and affects heart development.