cardinal vein(n = noun.body) - any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates;
is a kind of vein, vena, venous blood vessel
has particulars: anterior cardinal vein, posterior cardinal vein, common cardinal vein

accessory cephalic vein, accessory hemiazygos vein, accessory hemiazygous vein, accessory vertebral vein, accompanying vein, anastomotic vein, angular vein, anterior cardinal vein, anterior cerebral vein, anterior facial vein, anterior jugular vein, anterior vertebral vein, appendicular vein, arcuate vein of the kidney, auricular vein, axillary vein, azygos vein, azygous vein, basal vein, basilic vein, basivertebral vein, blue cardinal flower, brachial vein, brachiocephalic vein, bronchial vein, capillary vein, cardinal, cardinal bellarmine, cardinal compass point, cardinal flower, cardinal grosbeak, cardinal newman, cardinal number, cardinal richelieu, cardinal tetra, cardinal virtue, central vein of retina, central vein of suprarenal gland, cephalic vein, cerebellar vein, cerebral vein, cervical vein, choroid vein, circumflex femoral vein, circumflex iliac vein, circumflex vein, clitoral vein, colic vein, common cardinal vein, common facial vein, common iliac vein, costoaxillary vein, cutaneous vein, cystic vein, deep cervical vein, deep middle cerebral vein, deep temporal vein, digital vein, diploic vein, dorsal scapular vein, emissary vein, epigastric vein, ethmoidal vein, external iliac vein, external jugular vein, external nasal vein, facial vein, femoral vein, fibular vein, gastric vein, gastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, genicular vein, gluteal vein, great cerebral vein, great saphenous vein, hemizygos vein, hemizygous vein, hemorrhoidal vein, hepatic portal vein, hepatic vein, hypogastric vein, ileocolic vein, iliac vein, iliolumbar vein, inferior cerebral vein, inferior epigastric vein, inferior labial vein, inferior ophthalmic vein, inferior pulmonary vein, inferior thalamostriate vein, inferior thyroid vein, innominate vein, intercapitular vein, intercostal vein, internal auditory vein, internal cerebral vein, internal iliac vein, internal jugular vein, intervertebral vein, jugular vein, labial vein, labyrinthine vein, lacrimal vein, laryngeal vein, left gastric vein, lingual vein, long saphenous vein, lumbar vein, maxillary vein, mesenteric vein, metacarpal vein, metatarsal vein, middle cerebral vein, middle temporal vein, middle thyroid vein, mineral vein, musculophrenic vein, nasofrontal vein, oblique vein of the left atrium, obturator vein, occipital vein, ophthalmic vein, ovarian vein, palatine vein, pancreatic vein, paraumbilical vein, parotid vein, pectoral vein, perforating vein, pericardial vein, peroneal vein, pharyngeal vein, phrenic vein, popliteal vein, portal vein, posterior cardinal vein, posterior facial vein, posterior vein of the left ventricle, prepyloric vein, pudendal vein, pulmonary vein, pyloric vein, radial vein, rectal vein, renal vein, retromandibular vein, right gastric vein, sacral vein, saphenous vein, scrotal vein, short saphenous vein, sigmoid vein, spinal vein, splenic vein, sternocleidomastoid vein, striate vein, stylomastoid vein, subclavian vein, sublingual vein, superficial epigastric vein, superficial middle cerebral vein, superficial temporal vein, superior cerebral vein, superior labial vein, superior ophthalmic vein, superior pulmonary vein, superior thalamostriate vein, superior thyroid vein, supraorbital vein, supratrochlear vein, temporal vein, testicular vein, thalamostriate vein, thoracic vein, thoracoepigastric vein, thyroid vein, tibial vein, tracheal vein, tympanic vein, ulnar vein, umbilical vein, uterine vein, varicose vein, vein, vein of penis, vein quartz, vertebral vein, vesical vein, vestibular vein, vortex vein, vorticose vein