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pulmonary trunk

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002333

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 info

database cross reference
  • NCIT:C116918
  • EHDAA2:0001576
  • EMAPA:17015
  • MA:0002033
  • EHDAA:9831
  • galen:PulmonaryTrunk
  • VHOG:0001134
  • FMA:8612
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas

UBPROP 0000001

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]

UBPROP 0000003

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]

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Alveoli_diagram.png

has related synonym

main pulmonary artery

id

UBERON:0002333

prefLabel

Pulmonary trunk

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606