Definition of pulmonary vein Pulmonary vein
pul•mo•nar•y vein
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What does pulmonary vein mean?
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| pulmonary vein - any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart | ||
| vena pulmonalis | ||
| vena, venous blood vessel, vein one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | ||
| lung either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood | ||
| inferior pulmonary vein, vena pulmanalis inferior either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs | ||
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