Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
car·di·nal vein Pronunciation:
"kärd-n&l-, -&n-&l- Function:
noun : any of four longitudinal veins ofthe vertebrate embryo running anteriorly and posteriorly along each side of the spinal column with the pair on each side meeting at and discharging blood to the heart through the corresponding duct ofCuvier called also
cardinal sinus, Cuvierian vein
