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Often students mistake the pulmonary artery for the aorta.  The pulmonary artery, or pulmonary trunk, is the most anterior vessel found on the heart; it is indicated below with a blue pencil.  The aorta lies behind the pulmonary trunk, indicated with the red pencil. When the heart is …

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 …