Term: posterior cardinal vein vascular lymphangioblast
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Name: posterior cardinal vein
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: vascular lymphangioblast
Synonyms: parachordal lymphangioblast
Definition: Lymphatic progenitor cells, derived from the veins, that give rise to lymphatic endothelial cells.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009395]