Pulmonary vein of left cranial lobe - Dog - Thorax - Transversal - vet-Anatomy
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Pulmonary vein of left cranial lobe

Vena pulmonalis lobi cranialis sinistri

Definition

Juliette Garnodier

The pulmonary vein of left cranial lobe is the blood vessel that drains oxygenated blood from the cranial lobe of the left lung to the left atrium of the heart.

References

  • Evans HE, de Lahunta A. Miller’s anatomy of the dog, 4th edition, Elsevier Saunders, St Louis, 2012.

  • König HE, Lieibich HG. Veterinary Anatomy of Domestic mammals, 6th edition, Schattauer, Stuttgart, 2014.

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