cardinal veins

cardinal veins
two pairs of veins in the embryo that carry blood from the head (anterior cardinal veins) and trunk (posterior cardinal veins); they unite to form the common cardinal vein, which drains into the sinus venosus of the heart.

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embryonic vessels that include the precardinal, postcardinal, and common cardinal veins.

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  • Cardinal veins — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 135 GrayPage = 520 Caption = Scheme of arrangement of parietal veins. Caption2 = Human embryo with heart and anterior body wall removed to show the sinus venosus and its tributaries. System …   Wikipedia

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  • cardinal veins anterior — precardinal v s …   Medical dictionary

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