Namespace | MPheno.ontology | Obsolete | false |
description | abnormal or arrest of differentiation or patterning of the cardiac neural crest cells (NCCs), a subpopulation of cranial NCCs originating from the lower hindbrain between the otic placode and third somite; cardiac NCCs have the potential to differentiate into smooth muscle cells of the cardiac outflow tract and its septum, walls of aortic and arch-derived arteries, all of the parasympathetic innervation of the heart, and the connective tissue of the glands in the head and neck region, including the thymus, thyroid and parathyroid glands |