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肺動脈 (はいどうみゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

肺はい動どう脈みゃく

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Meanings

1

pulmonary artery

Anatomical term for the artery carrying deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs.

肺はい動どう脈みゃくは心しん臓ぞうから肺はいへ血

けつ

液えき

を

送おく

る

血けっ

管かん

です

。

The pulmonary artery is the blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the lungs.

Kanji

肺lungs
動move, motion, change
脈vein, pulse, hope

Related words

大だい動どう脈みゃく
大動脈 (aorta) is the main artery carrying oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body, while 肺動脈 carries deoxygenated blood to the lungs.
肺はい静じょう脈みゃく
肺静脈 (pulmonary vein) returns oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, opposite to the function of 肺動脈.

Word family

肺はい動どう脈みゃく弁べん
pulmonary valve
肺はい動どう脈みゃく弓きゅう
pulmonary arc

Built from

肺はい+動どう脈みゃく

Etymology

Compound of 肺 (lung) + 動脈 (artery), directly describing its anatomical function.