The pulmonary artery carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. It is one of the only arteries (other than the umbilical arteries in the fetus) that carry deoxygenated blood. ==Structure== In the human heart, the pulmonary trunk (pulmonary artery or main pulmonary artery) begins at the base of the right ventricle. It is short and wide...
(from the article `human cardiovascular system`) ...sinus, draining blood from the heart itself. Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle. The right ventricle, the right inferior ... The pulmonary circuit consists of the right ventricle; the exiting pulmonary artery and its branches; the arterioles, capillaries, and venu...
A large artery originating from the superior surface of right ventricle and carrying deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs. The pulmonary artery is the exception to the rule that arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to other parts of the body. The pulmonary trunk (pulmonary arte...
<anatomy, artery> The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
pulmonary trunk.
(PA) Type: Term Synonyms: pulmonary trunk
Pulmonary artery: One of the two vessels which are formed as terminal branches of the pulmonary trunk and convey unaerated blood to the lungs. The two pulmonary arteries differ in length and anatomy. The right pulmonary artery is the longer of the two. It passes transversely across the midline in the upper chest and passes below the aortic arch to ...
The pulmonary artery (pulmonary trunk) carries blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs. It is the only artery that carries dark, low-oxygen blood. The artery is short and wide (about 2 inches in length and 1 1/5 inches in diameter). It arises from the base of the right ventricle and extends upward and branches into two arteries of nearl...
It is the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood form the heart to the lungs. It is the only artery that carries oxygen depleted blood.
[n] - one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
the artery leading from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
the artery that supplies the lungs with blood from the heart 
arteria pulmonalis noun one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
an artery conveying venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs. See diag. under
the blood vessel connecting the right ventricle to the lungs, allowing oxygen-poor (blue) blood to receive oxygen.