NOUN | body | pulmonary trunk, truncus pulmonalis | the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries |
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Meaning | The artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries. | |
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Synonym | truncus pulmonalis | |
Broader | pulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalis | One of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs |
Spanish | tronco pulmonar |
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