Anatomy
caudal vein
cau·dal vein
Definitions related to caudal vein:
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(vein, caudal) A vein in the tail of some species.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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A vein located in the tail of vertebrate animals that leads to the inferior vena cava in mammals and the posterior cardinal vein in the trunk of fish.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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