Group · Cardiovascular system
Pulmonary arteries
Arteriae pulmonales
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Arterial system
DescriptionUnreviewed
A pulmonary artery is an artery in the pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs.
The largest pulmonary artery is the main pulmonary artery or pulmonary trunk from the heart, and the smallest ones are the arterioles, which lead to the capillaries that surround the pulmonary alveoli.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Arteriae pulmonales
- English
- Pulmonary arteries
- French
- Artères pulmonaires
- Spanish
- Arterias pulmonares
- Portuguese
- Artérias pulmonares