TRUNCUS PULMONALIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does truncus pulmonalis mean? • TRUNCUS PULMONALIS (noun)
The noun TRUNCUS PULMONALIS has 1 sense:
1. the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries
Familiarity information: TRUNCUS PULMONALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRUNCUS PULMONALIS (noun)
Meaning:
The artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
pulmonary trunk; truncus pulmonalis
Hypernyms ("truncus pulmonalis" is a kind of...):
arteria pulmonalis; pulmonary artery (one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs)
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