An arterial trunk which is continuous with the heart and branches into the pulmonary arteries. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]
Term information
- VHOG:0001134
- EHDAA2:0001576
- EHDAA:9831
- MA:0002033
- NCIT:C116918
- FMA:8612
- OpenCyc:Mx4rv-6d0ZwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- galen:PulmonaryTrunk
- EMAPA:17015
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An arterial trunk which is continuous with the heart and branches into the pulmonary arteries.
An arterial trunk with origin from the right ventricle of the heart, and dividing into the right and left pulmonary arteries, which enter the corresponding lungs and branch with the bronchi. [TFD][VHOG]
As in birds, the conus arteriosus split during embryonic development in mammals to produce the pulmonary trunk and single aortic trunk of the adult.[well established][VHOG]