TRUNCUS PULMONALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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; truncus pulmonalis

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("truncus pulmonalis" is a kind 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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