pulmonary artery
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 info
- FMA:66326
- XAO:0004162
- EHDAA2:0001575
- GAID:505
- EFO:0001399
- UMLS:C0034052 (ncithesaurus:Pulmonary_Artery)
- Wikipedia:Pulmonary_artery
- galen:PulmonaryArtery
- VHOG:0000982
- SCTID:181380003
- EMAPA:17008
- MA:0002031
- EHDAA:4351
- CALOHA:TS-0839
- NCIT:C12774
- MESH:D011651
- AAO:0010221
- BTO:0000778
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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]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Alveoli_diagram.png
truncus pulmonalis, arteria pulmonalis, pulmonary arterial subtree
uberon
UBERON:0002012
Pulmonary artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- artery
- great vessel of heart
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- 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