pulmonary trunk
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pulmonary trunk — noun the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries • Syn: ↑truncus pulmonalis • Hypernyms: ↑pulmonary artery, ↑arteria pulmonalis … Useful english dictionary
pulmonary artery — n an arterial trunk or either of its two main branches that carry oxygen deficient blood to the lungs: a) a large arterial trunk that arises from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle, ascends in front of the aorta, and branches into the… … Medical dictionary
pulmonary arch — n either the right or the left sixth aortic arch that in the human fetus persists on the right side as the right pulmonary artery and on the left side as the ductus arteriosus and part of the pulmonary trunk … Medical dictionary
lunulae of valves of pulmonary trunk — lunulae of pulmonary valves lunulae valvularum semilunarium valvae trunci pulmonalis … Medical dictionary
Pulmonary artery — Artery: Pulmonary artery … Wikipedia
Pulmonary valve — One of the four valves in the heart, the pulmonary valve stands at the opening from the right ventricle in the pulmonary artery trunk. It lets blood head in the right direction (toward the lungs) and keeps it from sloshing back from the pulmonary … Medical dictionary
pulmonary artery — noun one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs (Freq. 21) • Syn: ↑arteria pulmonalis • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pulmonary orifice — orifice of pulmonary trunk ostium trunci pulmonalis … Medical dictionary
bifurcation of pulmonary trunk — bifurcatio trunci pulmonalis … Medical dictionary
opening of pulmonary trunk — ostium trunci pulmonalis … Medical dictionary
