Inferior Pulmonary Vein (Noun)
Meaning
Either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The left inferior pulmonary vein drains into the left atrium, bringing oxygenated blood from the left lung.
- The right inferior pulmonary vein is one of the four pulmonary veins that return blood from the lungs to the heart.
- During a pulmonary vein ablation procedure, the doctor may need to ablate the tissue around the entrance of the inferior pulmonary vein.
- A vein that carries oxygenated blood from the lower lung to the heart is called the inferior pulmonary vein.
- The inferior pulmonary veins and the superior pulmonary veins converge as main pulmonary veins.