Pulmonary artery is an artery in the pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs.
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10 Facts About Pulmonary artery
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The largest pulmonary artery is the main pulmonary artery or pulmonary trunk from the heart, and the smallest ones are the arterioles, which lead to the capillaries that surround the pulmonary alveoli.
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Pulmonary artery arteries are blood vessels that carry systemic venous blood returning to the right side of the heart through to the microcirculation of the lungs.
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The left main pulmonary artery is shorter than the right, passes behind and downwards the descending aorta and above the left main bronchus to the root of the left lung.
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Above, the left main pulmonary artery is connected to the concavity of the proximal descending aorta by the ligamentum arteriosum.
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The right pulmonary artery pass across the midline of the body, below the carina of trachea, and comes in front of the right main bronchus.
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Pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.
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Pulmonary artery pressure is a measure of the blood pressure found in the main pulmonary artery.
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Pulmonary artery embolism refers to an embolus that lodges in the pulmonary circulation.
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Porcine model of pulmonary artery is the most frequently used and it was recently found that their mechanical properties vary with every subsequent branching.
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