| Vitelline pole | <embryology> The vegetative pole of an ovum. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| vitelline sac | <embryology, ornithology> One of the set of extra embryonic membranes, growing out from the gut over the yolk surface, in birds formed from the splanchnopleure, an outer layer of splanchnic mesoderm and an inner layer of endoderm. (18 Nov 1997) |
| vitelline vein | <anatomy, vein> A vein returning blood from the yolk sac to the embryo. Synonym: vena vitellina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vitelline vessels | See: vitelline artery, vitelline vein. (05 Mar 2000) |