| Common cardinal veins | |
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 Scheme of arrangement of parietal veins. | |
 Human embryo with heart and anterior body-wall removed to show the sinus venosus and its tributaries. | |
| Details | |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vena cardinalis communis |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The common cardinal veins, also known as the ducts of Cuvier,[1] are veins that drain into the sinus venosus during embryonic development.[2][3] These drain an anterior cardinal vein and a posterior cardinal vein on each side.[2][3] Each of the ducts of Cuvier receives an ascending vein.[citation needed] The ascending veins return the blood from the parietes of the trunk and from the Wolffian bodies, and are called cardinal veins. Part of the left common cardinal vein persists after birth to form the coronary sinus.[3]
- ^ ZFIN: Anatomical Structure: common cardinal vein Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ a b c Carlson, Bruce M. (2014-01-01), "Development of the Vascular System", Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-801238-3.05459-3, ISBN 978-0-12-801238-3, retrieved 2021-01-05