Pulmonary vessels

Vasa pulmonalia

Definition

Antoine Micheau

The pulmonary vessels are the vessels supplying the lungs include the pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, and bronchial arteries.

In the Terminologia Anatomica, the term “pulmonary vessels” refers only to the primary pulmonary circulation, i.e. pulmonary arteries and veins, and not to bronchial arteries.

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