Definition of Common cardinal vein

1. Noun. The major return channels to the heart; formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins.

Generic synonyms: Cardinal Vein

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Cardinal Vein

common boneset
common booklouse
common box
common brant goose
common broom
common bullfinch
common bullfinches
common burdock
common buzzard
common buzzards
common calamint
common camas
common canary
common caper
common cardinal vein (current term)
common carline thistle
common carotid
common carotid artery
common carotid plexus
common carp
common carps
common carrier
common chickweed
common chickweeds
common chord
common clothes moth
common clothes moths
common cockscomb
common cold

Literary usage of Common 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)
"superior and inferior sections of posterior cardinal vein; d, left common cardinal vein; DC, right common cardinal vein; DV, ductus venosus; Jug.', Jug. ..."

2. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1866)
"... finally terminating or losing itself therein anteriorly : part of the right jugular vein, also, in this case enters the left or common cardinal vein.2 ..."

3. The Early Embryology of the Chick by Bradley Merrill Patten (1920)
"44. Dorsal pancreatic bud, 127 Dorsal root ganglia, f. 44. Dorsal, usage of term. 5 Duct of Cuvier (= common cardinal vein, qv). Ductus arteriosus (part of ..."

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