Cephalopod Ontology

Last uploaded: September 20, 2017
Preferred Name

cephalic vein

Synonyms
Definitions

Large vein that drains the head and lies on the ventral surface of the visceral sac, along side or dorsal to the intestine. The cephalic vein terminates by dividing into the two vena cavae, each of which passes through the "kidney" (nephridium), the branchial heart and into the gill.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CEPH_0000057

definition

Large vein that drains the head and lies on the ventral surface of the visceral sac, along side or dorsal to the intestine. The cephalic vein terminates by dividing into the two vena cavae, each of which passes through the "kidney" (nephridium), the branchial heart and into the gill.

label

cephalic vein

prefixIRI

CEPH:0000057

prefLabel

cephalic vein

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001638

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