truncus pulmonalis

Definitions of truncus pulmonalis
  1. noun
    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
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    type 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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