cardiac neural crest
cardiac neural crest complex
Portion of neural crest that develops from the dorsal neural tube. It overlaps the vagal neural crest and migrates to populate the pharyngeal arches 3, 4 and 6 (producing structures in the head) and to the heart, forming connective tissue that separates the great vessels of the heart. [Wikipedia].
| Type | Vessel |
| Parent Structure | embryonic tissue |
| Latin Name | cardiac neural crest complex |
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