| posterior cardinal veins | From the caudal part; the common cardinal veins, formed by the anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal vein's, are the main systemic return channels to the heart; in the older literature, sometimes called Cuvier's ducts. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| anterior cardinal veins | See: cardinal veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cardinal veins | The major systemic venous channels in adult primitive vertebrates and in the embryos of higher vertebrates; the anterior cardinal veins are the major drainage channels from the cephalic part of the body, and the (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal | Chief or principal;in embryology, relating to the main venous drainage. Origin: L. Cardinalis, principal (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal ligament | <anatomy> A fibrous band attached to the uterine cervix and the vault of the lateral fornix of the vagina; continuous with the tissue ensheathing the pelvic vessels. Synonym: cervical ligament of uterus, ligamentum transversale colli, Mackenrodt's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal ocular movements | Eye rotations to the right and left, upward to the right and left, and downward to the right and left, to diagnose positions of gaze. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardinal points | The four point's in the pelvic inlet toward one of which the occiput of the baby is usually directed in case of head presentation: two sacroiliac articulations and the two iliopectineal eminences corresponding to the acetabula, six point's of a compound optical system: the anterior focal point, the posterior focal point, the two principal point's, and the two nodal point's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| levoatrio-cardinal vein | <anatomy, vein> The communication of a systemic vein with the left atrium, other than a left superior vena cava or coronary sinus; may be the right superior vena cava. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior intercostal veins | Veins draining the intercostal spaces posteriorly; those of the first 1-C space drain into the brachiocephalic veins; from spaces 2-3 they drain into right and left superior intercostal veins; from the fourth to the eleventh spaces on the right they are tributaries of the azygos vein; on the left they empty into either the hemiazygos or accessory hemiazygos veins. Synonym: venae intercostales posteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior labial veins | They pass posteriorly from the labia majora and minora to the internal pudendal veins. Synonym: venae labiales posteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior parotid veins | Branches draining part of the parotid gland and emptying into the retromandibular vein. Synonym: venae parotidea, posterior parotid veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior scrotal veins | Veins from the posteriro aspect of the scrotum to the internal pudendal veins. Synonym: venae scrotales posteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior tibial veins | Venae comsitantes of the posterior tibial artery that join those of the anterior tibial artery to form the popliteal vein. Synonym: venae tibiales posteriores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dorsal branch of the posterior intercostal veins 4-11 | Major tributary of the 4th through 11th posterior intercostal veins; area drained is the same as that supplied by the dorsal branch of posterior intercostal arteries. Synonym: ramus dorsalis venarum intercostalium posteriorum IV-XI. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anastomotic veins | See: inferior anastomotic vein, superior anastomotic vein. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anonymous veins | An obsolete term for brachiocephalic veins. (05 Mar 2000) |