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| Anterior cardinal vein | |
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| Scheme of arrangement of parietal veins. | |
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| Human embryo with heart and anterior body-wall removed to show the sinus venosus and its tributaries. | |
| Latin | v. precardinalis |
| Gray's | subject #135 520 |
| Carnegie stage | 13 |
| Code | TE E5.11.2.2.2.2.2 |
The precardinal veins or anterior cardinal veins contribute to the formation of the internal jugular veins and together with the common cardinal vein form the superior vena cava. In an anastomosis by anterior cardinal veins, the left brachiocephalic vein is produced.
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Human embryo of about fourteen days, with yolk-sac.
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[edit] External links
- -972685255 at GPnotebook
- Embryology at UNSW Notes/heart3
- Cardinal+veins at eMedicine Dictionary
- Diagram at nature.com
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