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At the end of this lecture, the student should be able to:
Lecture Outline
Bronchial arteries
The bronchial arteries supply the supporting tissues of the
lungs and visceral pleura.
from a common trunk shared with the left superior bronchial artery, or
Bronchial veins
The bronchial veins drain only part of the blood supplied to
the lungs by the bronchial arteries, primarily that distributed to
or near the more proximal part of the roots of the lungs.
The left bronchial vein drains into the accessory hemiazygos vein or the left superior
intercostal vein
Pulmonary Vessels
Each lung has a large pulmonary artery supplying blood to it and two pulmonary veins
draining blood from it
The right and left pulmonary arteries arise from the pulmonary trunk at the level of the
sternal angle and carry poorly oxygenated blood to the lungs for oxygenation.
Each pulmonary artery becomes part of the root of the corresponding lung and gives off
its first branch to the superior lobe before entering the hilum.
Pulmonary Arteries
Within the lung, each artery descends postero-lateral to the main bronchus and divides
into lobar and segmental arteries.
Pulmonary Veins
The pulmonary veins, two on each side, carry well-oxygenated blood from the lungs to
the left atrium of the heart
.
Beginning in the pulmonary capillaries, the veins unite into larger and larger vessels.
The pulmonary veins run independently of the arteries and bronchi, coursing between and
receiving blood from adjacent segments as they run toward the hilum.
The veins from the visceral pleura drain into the pulmonary veins.
The veins from the parietal pleura join systemic veins in adjacent parts of the thoracic
wall.