NCIt definition : A ventro-dorsal plate of mesoderm, which arises from the coelomic wall of the caudal
portion of the pericardial cavity, and which is located caudal to the pericardial
cavity, extending from the ventral and lateral regions of the body wall to the foregut
in the early embryo; it contributes to the formation of the liver, and it is the primordium
of the central tendon of the diaphragm.;