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pulmonary artery

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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://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_artery ]

Term info

Label

pulmonary artery

Synonyms
  • pulmonary arterial tree
  • pulmonary arterial tree organ part
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

depicted by

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/Alveoli_diagram.png

external definition

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]

has related synonym

truncus pulmonalis, arteria pulmonalis, pulmonary arterial subtree

homology notes

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]

id

UBERON:0002012

taxon notes

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]