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pulmonary artery
noun[ C ]
anatomy specializeduk /ˌpʊl.mə.nər.i ˈɑː.tər.i/ us /ˌpʊl.mə.ner.i ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/
a blood vessel that carries blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs:
Pulmonary hypertension narrows the pulmonary arteries, requiring the heart to pump harder.
The pulmonary arteries convey deoxygenated blood to the lungs from the heart.
Blood in the right ventricle is pumped into a pulmonary artery that carries it into the lungs.
The diameters of the right and left pulmonary arteries were measured from angiograms.
The latest surgery involved joining a major blood vessel with his pulmonary artery to improve the supply.
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