pulmonary trunk
An arterial trunk which is continuous with the heart and branches into the pulmonary arteries. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Synonyms: trunk of pulmonary arterial tree, pulmonary artery (trunk)
Term info
- NCIT:C116918
- EHDAA2:0001576
- FMA:8612
- EMAPA:17015
- galen:PulmonaryTrunk
- VHOG:0001134
- MA:0002033
- EHDAA:9831
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
An arterial trunk with origin from the right ventricle of the heart, and dividing into the right and left pulmonary arteries, which enter the corresponding lungs and branch with the bronchi. [TFD][VHOG]
As in birds, the conus arteriosus split during embryonic development in mammals to produce the pulmonary trunk and single aortic trunk of the adult.[well established][VHOG]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Alveoli_diagram.png
main pulmonary artery
uberon
UBERON:0002333
Pulmonary trunk
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- artery
- continuous with some heart
- connected to some heart right ventricle
- part of some pulmonary vascular system