Definition of "pulmonary artery" [pulmonary artery]

• An artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The great artery dorta, originates at the left ventricle or cavity of the heart, and is the greatest blood vessel in the body: -- the pulmonary artery starts from the right cavity of the heart; all others are nothing more than branches of these: -- the blood is thrown out from the heart, through the arteries, to every part of the body."