Anterior cardinal vein

Anterior cardinal vein
Scheme of arrangement of parietal veins
Human embryo with heart and anterior body-wall removed to show the sinus venosus and its tributaries.
Details
Carnegie stage 13
Gives rise to Internal jugular veins and Superior vena cava
System Cardiovascular system
Identifiers
Latin Venae precardinalis
TE E5.11.2.2.2.2.2
Anatomical terminology

The anterior cardinal veins (precardinal 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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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 520 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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