An artery that carries deoxygenated blood from heart to the lungs. They are the only arteries (other than umbilical arteries in the fetus) that carry deoxygenated blood.. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_artery ]
Synonyms: pulmonary arterial tree organ part pulmonary arterial tree
Term information
- CALOHA:TS-0839
- EHDAA:4351
- MA:0002031
- FMA:66326
- MESH:D011651
- EFO:0001399
- galen:PulmonaryArtery
- Wikipedia:Pulmonary_artery
- AAO:0010221
- EMAPA:17008
- EHDAA2:0001575
- XAO:0004162
- VHOG:0000982
- NCIT:C12774
- GAID:505
- SCTID:181380003
- BTO:0000778
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Term relations
- artery
- great vessel of heart
- develops from some pharyngeal arch artery 6
- develops from some outflow tract pulmonary component
- develops from some truncus arteriosus
- part of some pulmonary vascular system
- supplies some lung
- continuous with some pulmonary trunk