pulmonary artery

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. an artery conveying venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.

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pulmonary artery British  

noun

1. either of the two arteries that convey oxygen-depleted blood from the heart to the lungs

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pulmonary artery Scientific  

1. The artery that carries blood with low levels of oxygen from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.

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pulmonary artery Cultural  

1. A large artery that carries blood directly from the heart to the lungs.

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Etymology

Origin of pulmonary artery

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The 16-year-old was born with a deformed pulmonary artery - a serious and potentially life-limiting condition - and a hole in her heart.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2024

In the new study, Dr. Bashir and colleagues observed reductions in occlusions in segmental and proximal branches of the pulmonary artery 48 hours following treatment with the BASHIR™ catheter.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

Below the clamp, he cut through the aorta and finally the pulmonary artery, which runs heart to lung.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019

He reopened some vessels from her legs, fixed a problem with a stent already in place and used a balloon angioplasty to open up the pulmonary artery.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2014

The heart has three cavities; in the larger animals it communicates with the windpipe, or the ramifications of the pulmonary artery receive the breath in the lungs and carry it to the heart.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William