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right descending pulmonary artery (interlobar artery)
Origin: pulmonary artery
Distribution: right middle & lower lobes of lung
Clinical significance: Comprises most of the right hilar shadow on frontal chest radiograph.
Related
interlobar artery of kidney
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: right descending pulmonary artery (interlobar artery)
ORIGIN: pulmonary artery or trunk (PA)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium