Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. It is one of the only arteries (other than the umbilical arteries in the fetus) that carry deoxygenated blood.

branch from
Right ventricle
Dorlands prefix
t_20
Dorlands suffix
12826098
Gray page
543
Gray subject
141
MeSH name
Pulmonary+Artery
MeSH number
A07.231.114.715
precursor
Truncus arteriosus (embryology)

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