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
Identifiers
Latin Venae precardinalis
Code 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 the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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