HyperDic: pulmonary_trunk

English > 1 sense of the expression pulmonary trunk:
NOUNbodypulmonary trunk, truncus pulmonalisthe artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries
English > pulmonary trunk: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries.
Synonymtruncus pulmonalis
Broaderpulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalisOne of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
Spanishtronco pulmonar

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