part of part of in taxon Insecta arthropod neurohemal organ corpus cardiacum UBERON:0001056 EFO:0000380 MIAA:0000211 FBbt:00005799 One of a pair of neurohemal organs located on the walls of the aorta just behind the brain. The corpora cardiaca release their store of PTTH only after they receive a signal from neurosecretory cells in the brain. corpora cardiaca BTO:0000432 will be ceded to arthropod anatomy ontology MAT:0000211 retrocerebral complex