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Descriptor English: Pulmonary Artery
Descriptor Spanish: Arteria Pulmonar
Descriptor arteria pulmonar
Scope note: Vaso sanguíneo ancho y corto que se origina en el cono arterioso del ventrículo derecho y que conduce la sangre no oxigenada a los pulmones.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artéria Pulmonar
Descriptor French: Artère pulmonaire
Entry term(s): Arteries, Pulmonary
Artery, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Arteries
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.715
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011651
Scope note: The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Entry Version: PULM ARTERY
DeCS ID: 12088
Unique ID: D011651
NLM Classification: WG 595.P8
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Pulmonary Artery - Preferred
Concept UI M0018122
Scope note The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs.
Preferred term Pulmonary Artery
Entry term(s) Arteries, Pulmonary
Artery, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Arteries



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