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ARTERIA PULMONALIS [1 record]

Record 1 2017-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

The vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle, extending upward obliquely to divide into the right and left pulmonary arteries beneath the arch of the aorta, and conveying unaerated blood toward the lungs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Volumineux tronc artériel [...] qui conduit le sang désaturé ou veineux [...] du cœur aux poumons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

(Tronco) que se desprende de la base del corazón, donde es continuación del infundíbulo del ventrículo derecho. Desde este punto se dirige oblicuamente de abajo arriba, de derecha a izquierda y de delante atrás, atrás y a la derecha. Después de un trayecto de unos 50 mm se divide en dos ramas: la arteria pulmonar derecha que se dirige al pulmón derecho y la arteria pulmonar izquierda destinada al pulmón izquierdo. Estos vasos son venosos por su contenido, pero arteriales por su origen y constitución anatómica.

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