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Definition of Truncus pulmonalis
1. Noun. The artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries.
Medical Definition of Truncus pulmonalis
1. Origin, right ventricle of heart; distribution, it divides into the right pulmonary artery and the left pulmonary artery, which enter the corresponding lungs and branch along with the segmental bronchi. Synonym: truncus pulmonalis, arteria pulmonalis, pulmonary artery, venous artery. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Truncus Pulmonalis
Literary usage of Truncus pulmonalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the heart and aorta by Arthur Douglass Hirschfelder (1918)
"The truncus pulmonalis thus represents the ventral half of the truncus or bulbus
arteriosus and springs directly from the ..."
2. Anatomie menschlicher Embryonen by Wilhelm His (1880)
"Der truncus pulmonalis hatte sich noch auf der Stufe von Rg in zwei Aeste gespalten,
von denen jeder eine A. pulmonalis abgegeben hatte. ..."
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