| Term: | anterior cardinal vein blood vessel endothelium |
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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: | anterior cardinal vein |
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| Synonyms: | ACV, rostral cardinal vein |
| Definition: | Vein that joins with the posterior cardinal vein to form the common cardinal vein. The anterior cardinal vein (ACV) connects to the primordial hindbrain channel at early stages. At later stages the posterior cerebral vein (PCeV) and the pectoral vein (PV) drain into ACV. The rostral portion of the ACV connects to the primary head sinus (PHS) at 2.5dpf, the PHS is sometimes considered an extension of the ACV. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000423] |
| Name: | blood vessel endothelium |
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| Definition: | The vascular endothelium that lines blood vasculature. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005257] |