Anterior cardinal vein

Anterior cardinal vein
Scheme of arrangement of parietal veins
Human embryo with heart and anterior body-wall removed to show the sinus venosus and its tributaries.
Details
Latin	Venae precardinalis
Carnegie stage	13
Identifiers
Gray's	p.520
Code	TE E5.11.2.2.2.2.2
Anatomical terminology

The anterior cardinal veins (precardinal veins) contribute to the formation of the internal jugular veins and together with the common cardinal vein form the superior vena cava. In an anastomosis by anterior cardinal veins, the left brachiocephalic vein is produced.

Additional images

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Development of the circulatory system

Tubular heart	Truncus arteriosus Bulbus cordis Primitive ventricle Primitive atrium Sinus venosus

Septa	Atrioventricular cushions/Septum intermedium Primary interatrial foramen Septum primum Foramen secundum Septum secundum Foramen ovale Aorticopulmonary septum

Other	Atrioventricular canal Primary interventricular foramen Protein signalling in heart development

Vessels

Arteries	Dorsal aorta Aortic arches Aortic sac

Veins	Anterior cardinal vein Posterior cardinal vein Common cardinal veins

Lymph vessels	Lymph sacs

Extraembryonic
hemangiogenesis

Index of the heart

Description	Anatomy Physiology Development

Disease	Injury Congenital Neoplasms and cancer Other Symptoms and signs eponymous Blood tests

Treatment	Procedures Drugs glycosides other stimulants antiarrhythmics vasodilators

Index of the circulatory system

Description	Anatomy Arteries head and neck arms chest abdomen legs Veins head and neck arms chest abdomen and pelvis legs Development Cells Physiology proteins

Disease	Congenital Neoplasms and cancer Lymphatic vessels Injury Vasculitis Other Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures Drugs beta blockers channel blockers diuretics nonsympatholytic vasodilatory antihypertensives peripheral vasodilators renin–angiotensin system sympatholytic antihypertensives vasoprotectives