Vitelline may refer to:

Embryology

Vitelline arteries The vitelline arteries are the arterial counterpart to the vitelline veins. Like the veins, they play an important role in the vitelline circulation of blood to and from the yolk sac of a fetus. They are a branch of the dorsal aorta. They give ...

, arteries that bring blood to the yolk sac *

Vitelline circulation Vitelline circulation refers to the system of blood flowing from the embryo to the yolk sac and back again. The yolk-sac is situated on the ventral aspect of the embryo; it is lined by endoderm, outside of which is a layer of mesoderm. It is ...

, the system of blood flowing between an embryo and its yolk sac * Vitelline cyst, a developmental defect relating to the closure of the vitelline duct *

Vitelline duct In the human embryo, the vitelline duct, also known as the vitellointestinal duct, the yolk stalk, the omphaloenteric duct, or the omphalomesenteric duct, is a long narrow tube that joins the yolk sac to the midgut lumen of the developing fetus. ...

, a tube that joins the yolk sac to the midgut lumen of a human embryo *

Vitelline membrane The vitelline membrane or vitelline envelope is a structure surrounding the outer surface of the plasma membrane of an ovum (the oolemma) or, in some animals (e.g., birds), the extracellular yolk and the oolemma. It is composed mostly of protein ...

, membrane surrounding an ovum *

Vitelline veins The vitelline veins are veins that drain blood from the yolk sac and the gut tube during gestation. Path They run upward at first in front, and subsequently on either side of the intestinal canal. They unite on the ventral aspect of the canal ...

, veins that drain blood from the yolk sac

Birds

* Vitelline masked weaver (''Ploceus vitellinus''), a species of bird endemic to Africa * Vitelline warbler (''Setophaga vitellina''), a songbird species found in the Cayman Islands and Honduras

Embryology

Birds

See also