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pulmonary_vein
has definitions from the fields of anatomy,zoology
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[ noun ] (anatomy,zoology) any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
Synonyms Used in print (Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)The pulmonary_vein , however , without the limiting supportive tissue septa as in type 1 , , follows a more direct path to the hilum and does not maintain this close relationship ( figs. 8 , 22 ) . It does , as in type 1 , , supply the hilar lymph_nodes , the pulmonary_artery , the pulmonary_vein , the bronchi , and the bronchioles - terminating in a common capillary_bed with the pulmonary_artery at the level of the respiratory bronchiole . Distally the bronchus is situated between a pulmonary_artery on one side and a pulmonary_vein on the other , as in type 1 , ( fig. 24 ) . Here the pulmonary_vein , as in type 2 , , is noted to draw away from the bronchus , and to follow a more direct , independent course to the hilum ( figs. 23 , 24 ) . As seen in types 1 , and 2 , , it supplies the hilar lymph_nodes , vasa_vasorum to the pulmonary_artery and vein , the bronchi and the terminal bronchioles . Related terms |
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