The anterior cardinal veins (precardinal veins) contribute to the formation of the
internal jugular vein
The internal jugular vein is a paired jugular vein that collects blood from the brain and the superficial parts of the face and neck. This vein runs in the carotid sheath with the common carotid artery and vagus nerve.
It begins in the posteri ...
s and together with the
common cardinal vein
The common cardinal veins, also known as the ducts of Cuvier,superior vena cava
The superior vena cava (SVC) is the superior of the two venae cavae, the great venous trunks that return deoxygenated blood from the systemic circulation to the right atrium of the heart. It is a large-diameter (24 mm) short length vei ...
.
The
anastomosis between the two anterior cardinal veins develops into the
left brachiocephalic vein.
Additional images
Image:Gray459.png, Human embryo
Human embryonic development or human embryogenesis is the development and formation of the human embryo. It is characterised by the processes of cell division and cellular differentiation of the embryo that occurs during the early stages of deve ...
of about fourteen days, with yolk sac.
See also
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Posterior cardinal vein
References
External links
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Diagram at nature.com
Embryology of cardiovascular system
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