PULMONARYVEIN

Pulmonary vein

The pulmonary veins are large blood vessels that receive oxygenated blood from the lungs and drain into the left atrium of the heart. There are four pulmonary veins, two from each lung. The pulmonary veins are one of only a few veins that carry oxygenated blood.

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pulmonary vein

Noun

  1. In tetrapods, the vein that returns blood to the heart after it has circulated through the lungs.


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