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pulmonary vein: the vein of the human circulatory system that returns oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium.
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pulmonary vein
[L. pulmonis, lung]
In birds and mammals, a vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart, from which blood is pumped into the left ventricle and from there to the body tissues.
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pulmonary vein The vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. Veins carrying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart. PICTURE ...
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pulmonary veins
Veins that carry the oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart.
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Lab 16 Rat Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
Lab 17 Rat and Frog Comparative Anatomy ...
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The pulmonary veins
The systemic veins
The veins of the heart
The veins of the head and neck ...
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The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood back to the heart to go to the systemic arterial system. The right and left pulmonary arteries arise from the pulmonary trunk and carry deoxygenated blood to their respective lungs.
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The capillary beds of the lungs are drained by venules that are the tributaries of the pulmonary veins.
Four pulmonary veins, two draining each lung, carry oxygenated blood to the left atrium of the heart ...
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