Term: common cardinal vein cell-cell junction
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Name: common cardinal vein
Synonyms: duct of Cuvier
Definition: Bilaterally paired longitudinal vein; the anterior cardinal returns blood from the head, and the posterior cardinal returns it from the trunk; these two vessels join together on each side as the common cardinal vein (duct of Cuvier; misnamed the vitelline vein) that leads across the yolk cell to the heart's sinus venosus.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000186]
Name: cell-cell junction
Synonyms: cell-cell contact region, cell-cell contact zone, intercellular junction
Definition: A cell junction that forms a connection between two or more cells of an organism; excludes direct cytoplasmic intercellular bridges, such as ring canals in insects.
Ontology: GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005911]    QuickGO    AmiGO