pulmonary artery

artery in the pulmonary circulation that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs
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pulmonary artery

Summary

pulmonary artery is an artery[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of artery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (862 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • pulmonary artery's instance of is recorded as artery[3].
  • pulmonary artery's instance of is recorded as umbrella term[4].
  • pulmonary artery's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[5].
  • pulmonary artery is a type of artery[6].
  • pulmonary artery is a type of particular anatomical entity[7].
  • pulmonary artery is part of set of all arteries[8].
  • pulmonary artery is part of great arteries[9].
  • pulmonary artery is part of pulmonary circulation[10].
  • pulmonary artery's Commons category is recorded as Pulmonary artery[11].
  • pulmonary artery is the opposite of pulmonary vein[12].
  • pulmonary artery comprises pulmonary trunk[13].
  • pulmonary artery comprises right pulmonary artery[14].
  • pulmonary artery comprises left pulmonary artery[15].
  • pulmonary artery's represents is recorded as pulmonary trunk[16].
  • pulmonary artery's represents is recorded as right pulmonary artery[17].
  • pulmonary artery's represents is recorded as left pulmonary artery[18].
  • pulmonary artery's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[19].
  • pulmonary artery's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • pulmonary artery's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12774[21].
  • pulmonary artery's carries thoroughfare is recorded as venous blood[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include artery[3], umbrella term[4], and class of anatomical entity[5]. Recorded subclass of include artery[6] and particular anatomical entity[7]. pulmonary artery is the opposite of pulmonary vein[12].

Use and Application

Components include pulmonary trunk[13], an artery[23]; right pulmonary artery[14], an artery[24]; and left it[15], an artery[25]. Part of include set of all arteries[8]; great arteries[9], an artery[26]; and pulmonary circulation[10].

Why It Matters

pulmonary artery ranks in the top 3% of artery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (862 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of artery, umbrella term, class of anatomical entity
    Part of set of all arteries, great arteries, pulmonary circulation
    Opposite of pulmonary vein
    Represents pulmonary trunk, right pulmonary artery, left pulmonary artery
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548548405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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