Once formed, the heart tube elongates at a rate that is greater than the surrounding primitive pericardial cavity can accommodate. Consequently, from day 22 onwards the:
Simultaneously, individual regions of the tube are expanding and differentiating such that by the end of folding:
Folding is complete by day 28.
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