cardinal vein


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cardinal vein

[′kärd·nəl ‚vān]
(embryology)
Any of four veins in the vertebrate embryo which run along each side of the vertebral column; the paired veins on each side discharge blood to the heart through the duct of Cuvier.
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It is formed between the sixth and eighth weeks of embryonic development via a series of anastomoses and regressions of the following primitive trunk veins: posterior cardinal veins, subcardinal veins and supra cardinal veins.
Double inferior vena cava: a rare case report
The cephalic parts of anterior cardinal veins form the internal jugular veins and the caudal part of the right anterior cardinal vein develop into the normal right superior vena cava (RSVC).
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Based on its lateral position, it is probably the remnant of left posterior cardinal vein and not the supra-cardinal vein as the former is ventrolateral to the latter during development.
Anomalous relation of lumbar vessels to the left kidney--its developmental & clinical significance
This process is preceded by anastomoses between the posterior cardinal veins, draining the blood flowing from the body wall caudal to the heart, and the subcardinal veins.
Left Inferior Vena Cava and Right Retroaortic Renal Vein

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