Tags: Anatomical Structure, Embryology.

The aorticopulmonary septum (also called the spiral septum or aortic septum in older texts) is developmentally formed from neural crest specifically the cardiacneural crest and actively separates the aorta and pulmonary arteries and fuses with the interventricular septum within the heart during development.

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