Atrial canal

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Atrial canal
Dorsal surface of heart of human embryo of thirty-five days. (Atrial canal visible at center.)
Gray's subject #135 508

In the developing heart, the constriction between the atrium and ventricle constitutes the atrial canal, and indicates the site of the future atrioventricular valves.

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