OBO ID: ZFA:0000186 |
Term Name: | common cardinal vein | Search Ontology: | |
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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. (1) | ||
Appears at: | Segmentation:20-25 somites (19.0h-22.0h) | ||
Evident until: | Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult) | ||
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Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology |