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Pulmonary artery
(redirected from Left pulmonary artery)

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pulmonary artery
n. Abbr. PA
1. An artery that enters the hilus of the right lung, with branches distributed with the bronchi; right pulmonary artery.
2. An artery that enters the hilus of the left lung, with branches distributed with the bronchi; left pulmonary artery.
Pulmonary artery
The blood vessel that delivers blood from the heart to the lungs.
Mentioned in: Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Pulmonary Fibrosis
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