cardinal vein
Noun
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Any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates (synset 105367376)
is a type of: vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heartsubtypes:
- anterior cardinal vein - a major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body
- posterior cardinal vein - a major drainage channel from the caudal part of the body
- common cardinal vein - the major return channels to the heart; formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins
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