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Noun: pulmonary trunk
  1. The artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries
    - truncus pulmonalis

Derived forms: pulmonary trunks

Type of: arteria pulmonalis, pulmonary artery

Encyclopedia: Pulmonary trunk