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pulmonary artery or trunk (PA)
An elastic artery with many elastic lamella in the tunica media.
Origin: right ventricle of heart
Branches:
1) right pulmonary artery (terminal branch)
2) left pulmonary artery (terminal branch)
Notes:
- normal pulmonary artery systolic pressure < 30 mm Hg [3]
Properties
GENERAL: artery
RELATED: arterial trunk
pulmonary artery pressure (PAP)
FORM: pulmonary artery or trunk (PA)
References
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009