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Yes! It is the only artery that carries deoxygenated blood (other than umbilical arteries in the fetus), it is located close to the heart, where large (conducting) arteries don't have smooth muscles like medium-sized (distributing) arteries have.
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∙ 14y agoThe subclavian artery is elastic to absorb the high pressures form the aorta and brachiocephalic.
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What is the artery leading into the lungs called?
The blood vessels that take oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs are the pulmonary artery. It is part of the pulmonary circulation.
Why pulmonary is an artery rather than vein?
in our body there are both, pulmonary artery and pulmonary vein
Is the pulmonary artery not a branch of the aorta?
The pulmonary artery is not part of the aorta.
Which vessels carries deoxygenated blood away from the heart?
Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle.
Which artery sends the blood to the lungs?
The Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart.
What is the artery and vein that takes blood to and from the lungs?
The pulmonary trunk carries blood from the right ventricle of the heart, then splits into the left and right pulmonary arteries. Answer: pulmonary trunk/left and right pulmonary arteries
The pulmonary artery sends blood to the?
the pulmonary artery sends blood to the lungs.
What is a muscular and elastic-walled vessel that carries blood from the heart through the body?
In all but one case, that would be an artery. The exception is the pulmonary vein.
What pulmonary artery transport?
pulmonary artery supplies de oxygenated blood to lungs.
What does a pulmonary artery look like?
the pulmonary artery looks like a tube, I think...
Is the pulmonary artery the largest artery?
No, the aorta is the largest artery.
What blood vessels carry blood to and from the lungs?
The pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart, and the pulmonary artery carries de-oxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
