segmental pulmonary vein

Definition

A vein that is tributary of the main pulmonary veins and drains oxygenated blood from a segment of the lung.

Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0

Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Sub-structures

• anterior basal segmental vein
• anterior segmental vein
• apical segmental vein
• lateral basal segmental vein
• medial basal segmental vein
• posterior basal segmental vein
• posterior segmental vein
• superior segmental vein

Neighbouring structures

• left inferior pulmonary vein
• left superior pulmonary vein
• right inferior pulmonary vein
• right superior pulmonary vein
• subsegmental pulmonary vein

Identifiers

FMA

9411

UBERON

8600051

Wikidata

Q66504875