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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_artery http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: pulmonary arterial tree organ part pulmonary arterial tree
Term information
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- AAO:0010221
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- EMAPA:17008
- SCTID:181380003
- UMLS:C0034052 (ncithesaurus:Pulmonary_Artery)
- NCIT:C12774
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- FMA:66326
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- EHDAA:4351
- GAID:505
- MESH:D011651
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One of two arteries, leaving from the heart, the left one supplying the left lung and the right one supplying the right lung. [TFD][VHOG]
Major artery which supplies blood to the lungs.[AAO]
On the other hand, in the sister clade of the actinopterygians, the sarcopterygians, the gill circulation is supplemented with lung ventilation. As a result, the pulmonary artery and vein and a functional ductus arteriosus arose as a major evolutionary innovation from the sixth arch, giving the organism a flexible shunt to balance blood supply to and from gills and lungs according to environmental conditions.[well established][VHOG]
In the human heart, the pulmonary trunk (pulmonary artery or main pulmonary artery) begins at the base of the right ventricle. It is short and wide - approximately 5 cm (2 inches) in length and 3 cm (1.2 inches) in diameter. It then branches into two pulmonary arteries (left and right), which deliver deoxygenated blood to the corresponding lung[WP]
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
- supplies some lung
- part of some pulmonary vascular system
- continuous with some pulmonary trunk