| Term: | common cardinal vein anatomical region | 
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. | 
| Name: | common cardinal vein | 
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| 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: | anatomical region | 
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| Definition: | A 3D region in space without well-defined compartmental boundaries; for example, the dorsal region of an ectoderm. | 
| Ontology: | Spatial Ontology [BSPO:0000070] | 
