Pulmonary Artery

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Origin 3 Branches 4 Notes 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms 7 References

Introduction

• An elastic artery with many elastic lamella in the tunica media.

Origin

• right ventricle of heart

Branches

• right pulmonary artery (terminal branch)
• left pulmonary artery (terminal branch)

Notes

• normal pulmonary artery systolic pressure < 30 mm Hg [3]

More General Terms

• artery

Additional Terms

• arterial trunk
• pulmonary artery pressure (PAP)

References

1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
3. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009

pulmonary artery or trunk (PA)