Anatomy
pulmonary vein Audio
pul·mo·nar·y vein
Subclass of:
Veins
Definitions related to pulmonary veins:
  • (vein, pulmonary) Any of the veins that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs and drain into the left atrium of the heart.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Large vein carrying oxygenated blood from lungs to left atrium.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • One of four veins that carries oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the cardiac left atrium.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Vein in the pulmonary vemnous system.
    Foundational Model of Anatomy
    University of Washington, 2017
  • The veins that carry blood from the lungs to the left atrium.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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