Phenotype: common cardinal vein congested, abnormal
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Name: common cardinal vein
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: congested
Synonyms:
Definition: A structural quality inhering in a bearer with some kind of aperture or opening that is blocked or clogged.
Ontology: Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001836]