| 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: | circulating cell |
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| Synonyms: | circulating cells |
| Definition: | A cell which moves among different tissues of the body, via blood, lymph, or other medium. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009043] |