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pulmonary artery

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

pulmonary artery is an artery[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of artery entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,249 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: umbrella term[3], class of anatomical entity[4]
  • Subclass of: artery[5], particular anatomical entity[6]
  • Part of: set of all arteries[7], great arteries[8], pulmonary circulation[9]
  • Commons category: Pulmonary artery[10]
  • Opposite of: pulmonary vein[11]
  • Has part(s): pulmonary trunk[12], right pulmonary artery[13], left pulmonary artery[14]
  • Represents: pulmonary trunk[15], right pulmonary artery[16], left pulmonary artery[17]
  • Described by source: Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C12774[20]
  • Carries thoroughfare: venous blood[21]

Why It Matters

pulmonary artery has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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] ↑ . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20w 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)
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