pulmonary artery
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- noun
- /ˈpʌlməˌnɛri ˈɑrteri/
- Specialized
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arteria pulmonar
- Surgeons carefully navigated the catheter through the pulmonary artery to ensure proper placement.
- pulmonary artery catheter
- pulmonary artery pressure
- main pulmonary artery
Examples
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Assessment of cardiac output, arterial and central venous pressure, and pulmonary artery pressure enables calculation of systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance.
Academic text (2003) -
Selective catheterization of the right and left pulmonary arteries was undertaken.
Academic text (2002) -
It's in the pulmonary artery on the left side.
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They're in the pulmonary artery.
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Colour Doppler studies may in the future allow non-invasive measurements of pulmonary artery pressure.
Academic text (1992) -
A dynamic computed tomography scan confirmed occlusion of the left main pulmonary artery.
Academic text (1992) -
There's an atrium, there's a ventricle, and blood flows out of the ventricle through the pulmonary artery to the lungs.
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Because of refractory hypotension during surgery, a pulmonary artery (PA) catheter was inserted to monitor his hemodynamic status.
Academic text (2005) -
The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation.
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Blood flows from the right ventricle into the pulmonary artery before reaching the lungs.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase transparently combines 'pulmonary' (relating to the lungs) and 'artery' (a blood vessel), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will likely infer it denotes a blood vessel connected to the lungs. However, the critical clinical detail that the pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs (contrary to the common expectation that arteries carry oxygenated blood) is specialized knowledge beyond B1, making the term only partially predictable.
Etymology
Pulmonary artery comes from two parts: pulmonary meaning 'of the lungs' and artery meaning a blood vessel. This blood vessel carries blood low in oxygen from the heart to the lungs to pick up oxygen, so the name literally tells its job and means 'the artery that goes to the lungs'.