common cardinal vein

Term ID

ZFA:0000186

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. (1)

Appears at

Segmentation:20-25 somites (19.0h-22.0h)

Evident until

Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)

References

• TAO:0000186

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