Name: | posterior cardinal vein |
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Synonyms: | axial vein, caudal cardinal veins, PCV, postcardinal vein |
Definition: | Continuation of the caudal vein cranial to the anal pore. The cardinal vein splits into a pair of vessels in the cranial trunk, just caudal to the radix of the aorta. The posterior cardinals each empty into the common cardinal vein. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000477] |
Name: | macrophage |
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Synonyms: | histiocyte |
Definition: | A mononuclear phagocyte present in variety of tissues, typically differentiated from monocytes, capable of phagocytosing a variety of extracellular particulate material, including immune complexes, microorganisms, and dead cells. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009141] |