| CHD | congenital heart defects/disease |
| Myo | myocardium |
| Pc | pericardium |
| PcB | pericardial body |
| PcS | pericardial space |
| L | lumen |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| ATMs | anterior tail muscle precursors |
| ATM | anterior tail muscles |
| TVCs | trunk ventral cells |
| FHPs | first heart precursors |
| STVCs | second trunk ventral cells |
| SHPs | second heart precursors |
| ASMFs | atrial siphon muscle founder cells |
| ASMPs | atrial siphon muscle precursors |
| LoM | longitudinal body wall muscles |
| iASMP | inner atrial siphon muscle precursor |
| oASMP | outer atrial siphon |
| OSM | oral siphon muscles |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |