The process whose specific outcome is the progression of cardiac jelly over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The cardiac jelly is an acellular gelatinous matrix secreted by the myocardium and plays a central role in the septation of the heart. [ GOC:BHF GOC:rl http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19703439 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000094 GOC:TermGenie http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16314491 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10645959 ]
Synonyms: heart cardiac jelly development
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- tissue development
- anatomical structure development
- results in development of some cardiac jelly
- part of some heart development