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PULMONARY TRUNK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries
Synonyms:
pulmonary trunk; truncus pulmonalis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pulmonary trunk" is a kind of...):
arteria pulmonalis; pulmonary artery (one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs)
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