| Term: | posterior cardinal vein sprouting angiogenesis |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| 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: | sprouting angiogenesis |
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| Definition: | The extension of new blood vessels from existing vessels into avascular tissues, this process includes the specialization of endothelial cells into leading tip and stalk cells, proliferation and migration of the endothelial cells and cell adhesion resulting in angiogenic sprout fusion or lumen formation. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0002040] QuickGO AmiGO |