| Phenotype: | common cardinal vein malformed, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | common cardinal vein |
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| 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: | malformed |
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| Synonyms: | malformation |
| Definition: | A morphological quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being distorted during formation. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000646] |