An arterial trunk which is continuous with the heart and branches into the pulmonary arteries. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: trunk of pulmonary arterial tree pulmonary artery (trunk)
Term information
- VHOG:0001134
- EHDAA2:0001576
- NCIT:C116918
- FMA:8612
- EHDAA:9831
- MA:0002033
- EMAPA:17015
- galen:PulmonaryTrunk
- OpenCyc:Mx4rv-6d0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
An arterial trunk with origin from the right ventricle of the heart, and dividing into the right and left pulmonary arteries, which enter the corresponding lungs and branch with the bronchi. [TFD][VHOG]
As in birds, the conus arteriosus split during embryonic development in mammals to produce the pulmonary trunk and single aortic trunk of the adult.[well established][VHOG]
Term relations
- artery
- continuous with some heart
- connected to some heart right ventricle
- part of some pulmonary vascular system