common cardinal vein

Either of a pair of large transverse venous sinuses that conduct blood from the cardinal veins to the sinus venosus of the vertebrate embryo[BTO]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the common cardinal vein is

Either of a pair of large transverse venous sinuses that conduct blood from the cardinal veins to the sinus venosus of the vertebrate embryo[BTO]. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the common cardinal vein is

It sits in the trunk, within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the common cardinal vein connects to

The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. part of embryo, trunk and vasculature of trunk.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the common cardinal vein. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as Cuvierian duct, duct of Cuvier and future coronary sinus. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002064, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Part of: embryo, trunk and vasculature of trunk.
A kind of: blood vessel, embryonic structure and vein.
subtype: left common cardinal vein and right common cardinal vein.

Questions

Where is the common cardinal vein?

What does the common cardinal vein connect to?

Part of: embryo, trunk and vasculature of trunk.

Is the common cardinal vein the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.