Developing Heart (VIDEO)

University of Missouri-Columbia

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In the early stages of heart development, the heart is a tube that has uniform shape and does not have a clear atrium or ventricle. As development progresses, a single atrial and ventricle region begins to differentiate and spontaneous electrical activity beings in the atria and propagates to the ventricle.

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Courtesy of Dr. Roger Markwald -- USC

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