"Ventricular Septum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The muscular structure separating the right and the left lower chambers (HEART VENTRICLES) of the heart. The ventricular septum consists of a very small membranous portion just beneath the AORTIC VALVE, and a large thick muscular portion consisting of three sections including the inlet septum, the trabecular septum, and the outlet septum.
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D054088
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.459.750
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ventricular Septum" by people in Profiles.
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Expression of the BMP receptor Alk3 in the second heart field is essential for development of the dorsal mesenchymal protrusion and atrioventricular septation. Circ Res. 2013 May 24; 112(11):1420-32.