Heart – Pulmonary Trunk

The green pin in this heart indicates the pulmonary trunk which will split into the left and right pulmonary arteries.   It is the most anterior vessel of the heart and carries blood from the heart to the lungs where blood becomes oxygenated and returns back to the heart via the pulmonary veins.  The pulmonary artery is the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood.

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