- omphalomesenteric veins
- vitelline v's.
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omphalomesenteric veins
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Omphalomesenteric — Om pha*lo*mes en*ter ic, a. [Omphalo + mesenteric.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery; omphalomesaraic; as, the omphalomesenteric arteries and veins of a fetus. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
omphalomesenteric vein — n any of the veins in a vertebrate embryo that return the blood from the yolk sac to the heart or later to the portal vein and in mammals have their function of bringing nutriment to the embryo superseded early by that of the umbilical vein… … Medical dictionary
vitelline veins — veins that return the blood from the yolk sac to the primordial heart of the early embryo. Called also omphalomesenteric v s … Medical dictionary
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