| Term Name: | heart looping | 
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| Synonyms: | cardiac looping | 
| Definition: | The tube morphogenesis process in which the primitive heart tube loops asymmetrically. This looping brings the primitive heart chambers into alignment preceding their future integration. Heart looping begins with dextral-looping and ends when the main regional divisions of the mature heart and primordium of the great arterial trunks become established preceding septation. | 
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0001947] QuickGO AmiGO |