LP7521-0
Pulmonary vein
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Description
The pulmonary veins carry oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. They are the only veins in the post-fetal human body that carry oxygenated blood. The pulmonary veins return the arterialized blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. They are four in number, two from each lung, and are destitute of valves. They are: right inferiorright superiorleft inferiorleft superiorThey commence in a capillary net-work upon the walls of the air sacs, where they are continuous with the capillary ramifications of the pulmonary artery, and, joining together, form one vessel for each lobule. These vessels uniting successively, form a single trunk for each lobe, three for the right, and two for the left lung. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Pulmonary vein (Wikipedia)
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Pulmonary vein
- Part Display Name
- Pulmonary vein
- Part Type
- System (Describes the name of the system (sample) type)
- Created On
- 2000-05-03
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Pulm v
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Лёгочная вена |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 肺静脉 |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Vena polmonare |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Πνευμονική φλέβα Synonyms: Πνευμονική φλέβα |
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