Definition of Anterior cardinal vein

1. Noun. A major drainage channel from the cephalic part of the body.

Generic synonyms: Cardinal Vein

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anterior Cardinal Vein

anterior belly of digastric muscle
anterior border
anterior border of eyelids
anterior border of fibula
anterior border of lung
anterior border of pancreas
anterior border of radius
anterior border of testis
anterior border of tibia
anterior border of ulna
anterior brachial region
anterior branch
anterior caecal artery
anterior canaliculus of chorda tympani
anterior cardiac veins
anterior cardinal vein (current term)
anterior cardinal veins
anterior carpal region
anterior cells
anterior central convolution
anterior central gyrus
anterior cerebellar notch
anterior cerebral artery
anterior cerebral vein
anterior cervical intertransversarii muscles
anterior cervical intertransverse muscles
anterior cervical lymph nodes
anterior chamber

Literary usage of Anterior cardinal vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"The right common cardinal and the right anterior cardinal vein, ... is the continuation of the anterior cardinal vein into the head of the embryo, ..."

2. A Laboratory Text-book of Embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1910)
"2°, the characteristic relations of the anterior cardinal vein to the ... The jugular, therefore, is to be defined as the anterior cardinal vein which, ..."

3. The Origin and Development of the Lymphatic System by Florence Rena Sabin (1913)
"They lie in the angle between the anterior cardinal vein and its dorso-lateral branches and connect with both. They are opposite the third, fourth and fifth ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"... dency to asymmetry, the right acv, anterior cardinal vein, posterior cardinal being fre- dC, Ductus Cuvieri. quently considerably larger *•»• i1?*. ..."

5. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"The anterior cardinal vein receives all the blood of the head, and thus includes the first three segmental veins. It also receives at its point of junction ..."

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