| Term Name: | vascular cord | 
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| Definition: | The primordial vasculature that will develop into blood vessels by the process of tubulogenesis. The vascular cord is composed of angioblast or vascular endothelial cells in a solid linear mass called a cord. The cord then undergoes tubulogenesis to form the lumen of the vessels. | 
| Appears at: | Segmentation:14-19 somites (16.0h-19.0h) | 
| Evident until: | Segmentation:26+ somites (22.0h-24.0h) | 
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005077] | 
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