Term: common cardinal vein vascular endothelium
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Name: common cardinal vein
Synonyms: duct of Cuvier
Definition: Bilaterally paired longitudinal vein; the anterior cardinal returns blood from the head, and the posterior cardinal returns it from the trunk; these two vessels join together on each side as the common cardinal vein (duct of Cuvier; misnamed the vitelline vein) that leads across the yolk cell to the heart's sinus venosus.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000186]
Name: vascular endothelium
Synonyms: endothelia
Definition: Simple squamous epithelium which lines blood and lymphatic vessels and the heart.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0001639]