Pulmonary
61Pulmonary stenosis — The pulmonary valve is too tight so that the flow of blood from the right ventricle of the heart into the pulmonary artery is impeded. This means the right ventricle must pump harder than normal to overcome the obstruction. If the stenosis is… …
62Pulmonary surfactant-associated protein A1 — PSPA redirects here; for the Egyptian maritime body please see Port Said Port Authority. Surfactant protein A1 Identifiers Symbols SFTPA1; COLEC4; FLJ50593; FLJ51913; FLJ61144; FLJ77898; FLJ79095; FLJ99559; MGC133365; MGC198590; …
63Pulmonary valve stenosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Pulmonary valve stenosis Width = 250px DiseasesDB = 11025 ICD10 = ICD10|I|37|0|i|30, ICD10|I|37|2|i|30, ICD10|Q|22|1|q|20 ICD9 = ICD9|424.3, ICD9|746.02 ICDO = OMIM = 265500 MedlinePlus = 001096… …
64pulmonary circulation — Physiol. the circulation of blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation and back to the heart. * * * ▪ physiology system of blood vessels that forms a closed circuit between the heart and the lungs, as distinguished from the systemic… …
65Pulmonary hematoma — A pulmonary hematoma is a collection of blood within the tissue of the lung. It may result when a pulmonary laceration fills with blood. A lung laceration filled with air is called a pneumatocele. In some cases, both pneumatoceles and hematomas… …
66Pulmonary valve — One of the four valves in the heart, the pulmonary valve stands at the opening from the right ventricle in the pulmonary artery trunk. It lets blood head in the right direction (toward the lungs) and keeps it from sloshing back from the pulmonary …
67pulmonary hypertension — a condition in which there is raised blood pressure within the blood vessels supplying the lungs (the pulmonary artery blood pressure is normally much lower than the pressure within the aorta and its branches). Pulmonary hypertension may… …
68pulmonary embolism — obstruction of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus, usually a blood clot derived from phlebothrombosis of the leg veins (deep vein thrombosis). Large pulmonary emboli result in acute heart failure or sudden death. Smaller… …
69pulmonary valve — noun a semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery; prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart • Hypernyms: ↑semilunar valve * * * noun : a valve consisting of three crescentic cusps separating the… …
70Pulmonary alveolus — An alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin alveolus , little cavity ) is an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity. Found in the lung, the pulmonary alveoli are spherical outcroppings of the respiratory bronchioles and are the… …
