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cardinal vein
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Any of the four veins in the developing vertebrate embryo which run along each side of the vertebral column [ ]
Term info
Label
cardinal vein
Subsets
pheno_slim
curator notes
current we conflate the cardinal vein and cardinal vein system
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uberon
has related synonym
cardinal sinus, Cuvierian vein, cardinal vein system
homology notes
In primitive vertebrates, the basic early embryonic pattern is retained, and blood from anterior and posterior systemic tissues is returned in anterior and posterior cardinal veins, both pairs of veins uniting in common cardinal veins near the heart. In derived vertebrates, the cardinals appear but usually persist only in the embryo, being functionally replaced by alternative adult vessels, the precava and postcava (anterior and posterior venae cavae).[well established][VHOG]
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UBERON:0004344