One of a pair of neurohemal organs located on the walls of the aorta just behind the brain. The corpora cardiaca release their store of PTTH only after they receive a signal from neurosecretory cells in the brain. [ http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/course/ent425/tutorial/endocrine.html http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000432 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_cardiacum#Endocrine_system ]
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- MAT:0000211
- BTO:0000432
- MIAA:0000211
- FBbt:00005799 (ManualMappingCuration)
- EFO:0000380
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