{"id":23186,"date":"2020-06-25T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T10:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=23186"},"modified":"2023-06-21T04:46:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T04:46:30","slug":"pulmonary-artery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/pulmonary-artery\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulmonary artery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The artery extending from the right ventricle of the heart; prime function is to carry venous blood to the lungs for respiration.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The artery extending from the right ventricle of the heart carrying venous blood to the lungs for aeration.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>One of the two arteries which take deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation. The artery leaves the heart and passes upward before dividing, one branch going to each lung.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The artery that conveys blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation: the only artery in the body containing deoxygenated blood. It leaves the right ventricle and passes upward for 5 cm before dividing into two, one branch going to each lung. Within the lungs each pulmonary artery divides into many fine branches, which end in capillaries in the alveolar walls.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The artery that takes blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A blood vessel transporting blood from the heart to the lungs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. 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