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Definition of Cardinal vein
1. Noun. Any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates.
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardinal Vein
Literary usage of Cardinal vein
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"The internal iliac vein is formed from that part of the cardinal vein which lies
... The greater part of the remainder of the cardinal vein—that is to say, ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"That the vessel (17) on the left side, into which the ilio-lumbar vein (6) opens,
is the left posterior cardinal vein and not the so-called " Connecting ..."
3. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1883)
"The right vertebral vein, together with the persistent termination of the right
cardinal vein, forms the great azygos vein. The distal portion of the left ..."
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