pulmonary vein

American  

noun

Anatomy.

1. a vein conveying oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.

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pulmonary vein British  

noun

1. any one of the four veins that convey oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the heart

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pulmonary vein Scientific  

1. Any of the veins that carry blood with high levels of oxygen from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.

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Etymology

Origin of pulmonary vein

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

Doctors close a wound to the left pulmonary vein, then try to revive her with two hours of chest massage — first externally and then directly to the heart.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2022

It was a pulmonary arteriovenous malformation, or PAVM, an abnormal connection between a pulmonary vein and an artery.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2018

One small vein, called the oblique vein of Marshall, runs down into it across the posterior surface of the auricle, from below the left lower pulmonary vein, and is of morphological interest.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

Through the pulmonary vein the red blood is returned to the heart.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

Summarising the course of the circulation, starting from the right ventricle, we have-- pulmonary artery, pulmonary capillaries, pulmonary vein, left auricle, left ventricle, aorta, arteries, and systemic capillaries.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)